Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.67.11

dushtah sakha-mrigah sakham

arudhah kampayan druman

cakre kilakila-sabdam

atmanam sampradarsayan

SYNONYMS

dushtah -- mischievous; sakha-mrigah -- the ape ("the animal who lives on branches"); sakham -- a branch; arudhah -- having climbed; kampayan -- shaking; druman -- trees; cakre -- he made; kilakila-sabdam -- the sound kilakila; atmanam -- himself; sampradarsayan -- showing.

TRANSLATION

The mischievous ape climbed a tree branch and then revealed his presence by shaking the trees and making the sound kilakila.

PURPORT

The word sakha-mriga indicates that the ape Dvivida, like ordinary apes, was naturally inclined to climb trees. Srila Prabhupada writes, "This gorilla by the name Dvivida could climb up on the trees and jump from one branch to another. Sometimes he would jerk the branches, creating a particular type of sound -- kilakila -- so that Lord Balarama was greatly distracted from the pleasing atmosphere."

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