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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.52.10

प्रद्रुत्य दूरं संश्रान्तौ तुङ्गमारुहतां गिरिम् । प्रवर्षणाख्यं भगवान् नित्यदा यत्र वर्षति ॥ १० ॥
pradrutya dūraṁ saṁśrāntau
[pradrutya dooram samshraantau]
tuṅgam āruhatāṁ girim
[tungam aaruhataam girim]
pravarṣaṇākhyaṁ bhagavān
[pravarshanaakhyam bhagavaan]
nityadā yatra varṣati
[nityadaa yatra varshati]
pradrutya — having run with full speed dūram — a long distance saṁśrāntau — exhausted tuṅgam — very high āruhatām — They climbed girim — the mountain pravarṣaṇa - ākhyam — known as Pravarṣaṇa bhagavān — Lord Indra nityadā — always yatra — where varṣati — he rains .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pradrutya dūraṁ saṁśrāntau
pradrutya
having run with full speed
dūram
a long distance
saṁśrāntau
exhausted
tuṅgam āruhatāṁ girim
tuṅgam
very high
āruhatām
They climbed
girim
the mountain
pravarṣaṇākhyaṁ bhagavān
pravarṣaṇa - ākhyam
known as Pravarṣaṇa
bhagavān
Lord Indra
nityadā yatra varṣati
nityadā
always
yatra
where
varṣati
he rains .
  • saṁśrāntau — 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.
  • pravarṣaṇa-ākhyam — 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.
  • varṣati — 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.
Apparently exhausted after fleeing a long distance, the two Lords climbed a high mountain named Pravarṣaṇa, upon which Lord Indra showers incessant rain.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Apparently exhausted after fleeing a long distance, the two Lords climbed a high mountain named Pravarṣaṇa, upon which Lord Indra showers incessant rain.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Because the mountain had lots of rain, it could not be burned by fire.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

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.

Concepts
Jiva
Apparently exhausted, the two Lords climb Mount Pravarṣaṇa, where Indra showers incessant rain. The pursuit ends with apparent exhaustion at a high place; high ground and rain make a setting for the next move.
Reflection Questions
  • 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.

Govardhana and Pravarṣaṇa

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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