Question: Lord Balarama seemed to be more merciful to Duryodana, accepting him as His disciple, and He wanted Subadra to be married to Duryodana. And also did not approve of the way Bhima killed Duryodana. While Lord Krsna was always siding Pandavas. How to understand these apparent differences between the Lords?

Jayapataka Swami: Correction in the question that it was Duryodana’s son that wanted to marry Subadra. Since this was an interfamily dispute, they were all in the same family. So Lord Krsna had some relations with all of them. That means Balarama also had. So He...

Question: Can we meditate on Lord Balarama as the Rama in the maha mantra? If so, how can we meditate on the Hare before Balarama? Is it okay to still meditate on Srimati Radharani, or does Lord Balarama have His own internal potency?

Jayapataka Swami: In the second Rama of the Hare Krsna Hare Rama, Srila Prabhupada said that there are three Ramas – Ramacandra, Raghupati Rama; Balarama and Parasurama. And we see from these pastimes, Rama is also Krsna as Rama. So, depending on what you are...