Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.45.29

tataś ca labdha-saḿskārau

dvijatvaḿ prāpya su-vratau

gargād yadu-kulācāryād

gāyatraḿ vratam āsthitau

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — then; ca — and; labdha — having received; saḿskārau — initiation (Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma); dvijatvam — twice-born status; prāpya — attaining; su-vratau — sincere in Their vows; gargāt — from Garga Muni; yadu-kula — of the Yadu dynasty; ācāryāt — from the spiritual master; gāyatram — of celibacy; vratam — the vow; āsthitau — assumed.

TRANSLATION

After attaining twice-born status through initiation, the Lords, sincere in Their vows, took the further vow of celibacy from Garga Muni, the spiritual master of the Yadus.

PURPORT

Both Śrīdhara Svāmī and Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explain the term gāyatraḿ vratam as the vow of brahmacarya, or celibacy in student life. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were playing the part of perfect students on the path of self-realization. Of course, in the modern, degraded age, student life has become a wild, animalistic affair filled with illicit sex and drugs.

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