Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.79.32
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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avabhṛtha-snātaḥ
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having bathed in the avabhṛtha ritual
Compound: avabhṛtha (final ritual bath ending a yajña) + snāta (bathed). The avabhṛtha is the formal closure of a sacrifice — bathing rinses away the sacrificer's ritual liminality. Balarāma performs it as any yajamāna would; the Lord models the full ritual life He has ordained.
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sva-patyā
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together with His wife
Compound: sva (one's own) + patī (spouse), instrumental. Refers to Revatī. In Vedic ritual avabhṛtha is performed by the householder and wife together — the dampatī. The Bhāgavatam quietly names Revatī as present at the rite without ever using her name.
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sva-jyotsnayā
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with its own rays
Compound: sva (own) + jyotsnā (moonlight, rays), instrumental. The verse's simile makes Balarāma the moon and His relatives His own emitted rays — they shine because He does. Gauḍīya śakti-doctrine: the parts shine by the whole's light.
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jñāti-bandhu-suhṛt-vṛtaḥ
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surrounded by family, relatives and friends
Compound: jñāti (immediate kin) + bandhu (other relatives) + suhṛt (friends) + vṛta (surrounded). The three concentric circles of intimacy. Bhagavān's līlā at this moment is fully gṛhastha — household at its calmest, after the work is done.
Śrīla Prabhupāda beautifully describes this scene as follows: “Lord Balarāma then took the avabhṛtha bath, which is taken after finishing sacrificial performances. After taking His bath, He dressed Himself in new silken garments and decorated Himself with beautiful jewelry. Amidst His relatives and friends, He appeared to be a shining full moon amidst the luminaries in the sky.”
He took bath with his wife Revatī. Surrounded by his relatives the Yadus, others related by marriage (bandhu), friends like leader of Kausala and other friends (mitra) like the king of Mathila, he shone, wearing splendid cloth and being well ornamented, like the moon with the stars (jyotsnayā). The stars are compared to Revatī and the Yadus and Balarāma is compared to the moon. One should not think that this was his only activity. He did many other actions as well.
Avabhṛtha is the closing bath of a yajña — and Balarāma takes it with His wife Revatī. The chapter that opened with Indra-style abhiṣeka after demon-killing closes with a calm gṛhastha-style snāna after sacrifice. The Lord stands surrounded by relatives like the moon ringed by its rays — the household itself is a Vaikuṇṭha at this moment, with Saṅkarṣaṇa at its center.
Revatī, daughter of King Kakudmī of Kuśasthalī, was brought from Brahmā's court across yugas to marry Balarāma when she found that her own generation had long since passed (Bhāgavatam 9.3). She is His śakti, His Lakṣmī, the Ananta-eternal consort of Saṅkarṣaṇa.
When the verse says sva-patyā avabhṛtha-snātaḥ — 'bathed with His own wife in the avabhṛtha' — it is naming the eternal Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa pattern in the form of Revatī-Saṅkarṣaṇa. The household closing rites of the yajña are the same dharmic pattern Vaikuṇṭha's own household performs.
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Source: vedabase.io