Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.68.30
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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acyutaḥ
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the infallible Lord
A-cyuta — 'never fallen, never deviating.' A name of Bhagavān. Even when Balarāma rages, He does not fall from His own nature — His anger is acyuta-kopa, anger that never strays into adharma.
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duṣprekṣyaḥ
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difficult to look at
Duṣ-prekṣya — the face that even devotees cannot easily behold in this mood. The same kind of darśana Prahlāda saw of Nṛsiṁha, though here the rasa is correction of cousins rather than slaying of a demon.
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prahasan muhuḥ
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laughing repeatedly
The Lord laughs before destruction. Recall Nṛsiṁha's roar; recall Kṛṣṇa's smile before showing the viśva-rūpa. The laugh of the Lord is the sound of pride hearing its own dissolution.
In the circumstance Balarama thought, "Let them say what they want and do what they want." So he was silent. After the Kauravas left however he, in the presence of the city people, said and did what he should, and showed his anger (krodha samrabdha).
Hearing and seeing their anger (dauḥśīlyam), Balarāma, full of all powers (acyutaḥ), overcome with anger, hard to look at because of his increasing frown (duṣprekṣyaḥ), laughed continuously from anger (pra—hasan). Sometimes ahasan is seen.
Hearing and seeing their anger (dauḥśīlyam), Balarāma, full of all powers (acyutaḥ), overcome with anger, hard to look at because of his increasing frown (duṣprekṣyaḥ), laughed continuously from anger (pra—hasan) and spoke.
- Can I distinguish anger that serves dharma from anger that protects my ego?
- What in me wants the kind of laughter that does not depend on agreement?
A cloud over the morning sun, suddenly lit from within — Balarāma's face, normally radiant calm, becomes terrible to behold. His laughter is not mirth; it is the warning rumble before thunder.
In Gauḍīya theology Bhagavān has no anger born of envy or hurt — His apparent anger is always corrective līlā. Compare Nṛsiṁhadeva in SB 7.8: His terrifying form was His most loving form, because it removed the obstacle to Prahlāda's freedom.
Balarāma's anger here belongs to the same family — a roar meant to teach, never a wound meant to harm. Verse 47 will say this explicitly: 'Your anger is meant for instructing everyone; not from hatred or envy.'
My note
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