Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.52.10
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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saṁśrāntau
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exhausted
Dual past participle of sam-√śram. Apparent exhaustion is part of manuṣya-ceṣṭā; Sūta's verb is grammatically dual to emphasize that even Balarāma joins the performance — the līlā is two-handed.
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pravarṣaṇa-ākhyam
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known as Pravarṣaṇa
Compound: pra-√vṛṣ (to rain heavily) + ākhya (named). The mountain's name literally means 'much-raining.' That Kṛṣṇa picks this peak for the upcoming fire-leap pastime sets up Indra's element (rain) against Jarāsandha's element (fire) as a quiet doctrinal counterpoint.
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varṣati
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he rains
Third-person present of √vṛṣ (to rain) — the very verb that names the mountain Pravarṣaṇa. Indra, called bhagavān as a courtesy of office, makes the rain fall here ceaselessly. Gauḍīyas read such usage in the Bhāgavatam as preserving the hierarchy: even devatās are 'lords' within their domain, but Kṛṣṇa is Bhagavān without qualification.
Because the mountain had lots of rain, it could not be burned by fire.
Running quickly with their soft feet (pra-drutya), they became tired but beautiful because of their special pastime (su-śrāntau or saṁ-srāntau). They climbed the mountain because on its peak there was continual rain. It was also called Pravarṣaṇa: place of great rain. Fire could not burn it.
- Where could 'apparent exhaustion' on high ground be the right strategic positioning?
- What 'incessant rain' might cover your real plan?
Pravarṣaṇa is Indra's rain-fountain mountain — the very peak where heaven's water never stops falling — and on top of it the two Lords pretend to be tired. The mountain that drinks Indra's clouds becomes a footstool for the One whom Indra worships; the apparent exhaustion is the comedy that conceals the ownership.
Kṛṣṇa once humbled Indra by lifting Govardhana (SB 10.25), exposing the heavenly king's pride. Now He climbs Indra's own rain-mountain Pravarṣaṇa as if needing shelter on it. The same Lord who once made a hill into an umbrella now uses a hill as a hiding place — both are pastimes of the same proprietor of the rain.
Gauḍīyas treasure such symmetries: the līlā in Mathurā-Dvārakā keeps quoting Vraja-līlā in inverted form, reminding hearers that aiśvarya-līlā and mādhurya-līlā share one Subject.
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Source: vedabase.io