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    This passage from the Sri Garga-samhita describes the appearance and attributes of Lord Balarama. It states that he wears a shining crown adorned with jewels, tinkling bells and ornaments. His beautiful lotus face is decorated with earrings and curling locks. His complexion resembles a snow-capped mountain and he is dressed in garments the color of dark blue clouds. He carries a grand plow and club that are empowered by spiritual energy and can fulfill all desires.

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    This passage from the Sri Garga-samhita describes the appearance and attributes of Lord Balarama. It states that he wears a shining crown adorned with jewels, tinkling bells and ornaments. His beautiful lotus face is decorated with earrings and curling locks. His complexion resembles a snow-capped mountain and he is dressed in garments the color of dark blue clouds. He carries a grand plow and club that are empowered by spiritual energy and can fulfill all desires.

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    sphurad-amala-kiritam kinkini-kankanarham

    chalad-alaka-kapolam kundala-sri-mukhabjam
    tuhina-giri-manojnam nila-meghambaradhyam
    hala-muṣala-visalam kama-palam samide
    (Sri Garga-samhita: 8.13.4)
    “Alabo al que cumple los deseos, Sri Balaram. Él lleva un gran arado y un mazo. Viste una corona
    brillante e inmaculada, campanas tintineantes y adornos enjoyados. Su hermoso rostro de loto
    está adornado con aretes. Mechones rizados decoran sus mejillas. Su tez se asemeja a una
    hermosa montaña cubierta de nieve, y está adornado con prendas del color de las nubes azul
    oscuro.”

    “I praise the fulfiller of desires, Sri Balaram. He carries a grand plow and club. He wears a shining,
    spotless crown, tinkling bells, and jeweled ornaments. His handsome lotus face is ornamented
    with earrings. Curling locks decorate His cheeks. His complexion resembles a beautiful snow-
    capped mountain, and is adorned with garments the colour of dark-blue clouds.”

    Explanation by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj

    Balaram has a pranam mantram. Only in Garga-Samhita have we found this very nice
    glorification of Balaram:

    sphurad-amala-kiritam kinkini-kankanarham
    chalad-alaka-kapolam kundala-sri-mukhabjam
    tuhina-giri-manojnam nila-meghambaradhyam
    hala-mushala-vishalam kama-palam samide
    (Sri Garga-samhita: 8.2.13.4)
    Sphurad-amala-kiritam: Baladev’s crown is decorated with many jewels and looks very
    beautiful. When Baladev is first seen, the beauty of His crown is noticed first. He always wears
    many ornaments, and all of these ornaments are also decorated with jewels. Chalad-alaka-
    kapolam kundala-sri-mukhabjam: His curling hair is very beautiful. It is not properly
    organised, and some it covers part of His face. But He appears more beautiful because of that.
    Guru Maharaj called it, ‘agreeable negligence’. Tuhina-giri-manojnam, His colour is bright
    white like ice. Nila-meghambaradhyam, He wears exalted peacock blue coloured
    cloth. Hala-mushala-vishalam: His weapons are the plow and club; these two weapons
    are in His two hands. They are mantra-puta, empowered by spiritual energy. Baladev can destroy
    anything with them. If He simply touches His plow to something, fire or electricity can come out
    and destroy that thing. When He thinks His plow needs to be a little smaller, it becomes smaller.
    When He thinks it needs to be bigger, it becomes bigger. His plow can do anything He desires. And
    lastly His Name was Kama-pal—He can fulfill all the desires of Krishna and all the desires of
    Krishna’s devotees.

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