Text 13] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 95

Bala. Moreover, because He unites two families— Vasudeva’s
family and the family of Nanda Maharaja—He will be known as

Sankarsana.

PURPORT

Baladeva was actually the son of Devaki, but He was transferred from
Devaki’s womb to that of Rohini. This fact was not disclosed. According
to a statement in the Hari-varnsa:

pratyuvdaca tato ramah
sarvams tan abhitah sthitan

yadavesv api sarvesu
bhavanto mama vallabhah

Gargamuni did disclose to Nanda Maharaja that Balarama would be
known as Sankarsana because of uniting two families—the yadu-varhsa
and the vamsa of Nanda Maharaja—one of which was known as ksatriya
and the other as vaisya. Both families had the same original forefather,
the only difference being that Nanda Maharaja was born of a vaisya wife
whereas Vasudeva was born of a ksatriya wife. Later, Nanda Maharaja
married a vaisya wife, and Vasudeva married a ksatriya wife. So al-
though the families of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva both came from
the same father, they were divided as ksatriya and vaisya. Now Baladeva
united them, and therefore He was known as Sankarsana.

TEXT 13

AL AMSA TA Torisat TA: |
TH THAT Te KATA BAT AA: 12311

dsan varnds trayo hy asya
grhnato ’nuyugam tanith

Suklo raktas tatha pita
idanim krsnatam gatah

dsan—were assumed; varnadh trayah—three colors; hi—indeed;
asya—of your son Krsna; grhnatah—accepting; anuyugam tanih—
