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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.55.26

अन्त:पुरवरं राजन् ललनाशतसङ्कुलम् । विवेश पत्न्‍या गगनाद् विद्युतेव बलाहक: ॥ २६ ॥
antaḥ-pura-varaṁ rājan
[antah-pura-varam raajan]
lalanā-śata-saṅkulam
[lalanaa-shata-sankulam]
viveśa patnyā gaganād
[vivesha patnyaa gaganaad]
vidyuteva balāhakaḥ
[vidyuteva balaahakah]
Word-for-word
antaḥ - pura — the inner palace varam — most excellent rājan — O King (Parīkṣit) lalanā — lovely women śata — with hundreds saṅkulam — crowded viveśa — He entered patnyā — with His wife gaganāt — from the sky vidyutā — with lightning iva — as balāhakaḥ — a cloud .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
antaḥ-pura-varaṁ rājan
antaḥ - pura
the inner palace
varam
most excellent
rājan
O King (Parīkṣit)
lalanā-śata-saṅkulam
lalanā
lovely women
śata
with hundreds
saṅkulam
crowded
viveśa patnyā gaganād
viveśa
He entered
patnyā
with His wife
gaganāt
from the sky
vidyuteva balāhakaḥ
vidyutā
with lightning
iva
as
balāhakaḥ
a cloud .
Important Words
  • antaḥ-pura-varam — the most excellent inner palace
    Compound: antaḥ (inner) + pura (city, palace) + varam (best). Kṛṣṇa's antaḥ-pura — the queens' quarters — is the most exclusive interior of Dvārakā. Pradyumna enters not by the main gate but the inner one, by sky.
  • lalanā-śata-saṅkulam — crowded with hundreds of lovely women
    Compound: lalanā (lovely women) + śata (hundreds) + saṅkulam (filled). Kṛṣṇa's 16,108 queens (cf. Canto 10.59) and their attendants — the most populated interior in the Bhāgavatam. The crowd will set up the v.27-28 mistake.
  • vidyutā-iva-balāhakaḥ — like a cloud with lightning
    Compound simile: vidyutā (by lightning, instr.) + iva (like) + balāhakaḥ (cloud). The dark husband, the bright wife. The same simile used of Kṛṣṇa-and-Rukmiṇī in 10.53; the poet reaches for it again to mark inheritance.
O King, Lord Pradyumna and His wife resembled a cloud accompanied by lightning as they descended from the sky into the inner quarters of Kṛṣṇa’s most excellent palace, which were crowded with lovely women.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King, Lord Pradyumna and His wife resembled a cloud accompanied by lightning as they descended from the sky into the inner quarters of Kṛṣṇa's most excellent palace, which were crowded with lovely women.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

It was the best among all palaces since it belonged to the Lord. It was occupied with many women related to the Rukmiṇī, the best of all queens. Pradyumna arrived with Rati (patnyā).

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

It was the best among all palaces since it belonged to the Lord or because it was occupied with many women related to the Rukmiṇī, the best of all queens. It was filled with other queens or beautiful women, or the friends of Rukmiṇī. Pradyumna entered with his wife Rati. O king! Śukadeva exclaims in joy. Or Pradyumna was shining (rājan). Suddenly he appeared with his wife, shining black and gold like lightning in a dark cloud.

Related values & verses
Related values
Shraddha (Faith / Reverence)Bhakti (Devotion)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)
Related verses
BG 14.1 BG 9.11 BG 12.6 BG 17.3 BG 5.18 BG 18.1 BG 18.65 BG 18.64 BG 10.3 BG 10.4 BG 7.8 BG 18.37 SB 4.29.1 BG 10.1 BG 11.1 BG 15.7
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Personal Guidance
Like a cloud accompanied by lightning, Pradyumna and his wife descend from the sky into the inner quarters of Kṛṣṇa's palace, crowded with lovely women. Heroic arrivals descend to mundane spaces; cosmic flight ends in domestic settings.
Reflection Questions
  • Where does your cosmic arc end in someone's living room?
  • How does the contrast between sky-travel and inner-quarter arrival ground you?
Analogy

They descend into Kṛṣṇa's inner palace like a cloud accompanied by lightning — dark Pradyumna with golden Māyāvatī at His side. Husband and wife enter the antaḥ-pura as a meteorological event; the women inside cannot tell whether to greet a Lord or take cover.

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