Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 67: Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.67.17
dvivido 'pi mahā-vīryaḥ
śālam udyamya pāṇinā
abhyetya tarasā tena
balaḿ mūrdhany atāḍayat
SYNONYMS
dvividaḥ — Dvivida; api — also; mahā — great; vīryaḥ — whose potency; śālam — a śāla tree; udyamya — lifting up; pāṇinā — with his hand; abhyetya — approaching; tarasā — swiftly; tena — with it; balam — Lord Balarāma; mūrdhani — on the head; atāḍayat — he struck.
TRANSLATION
Mighty Dvivida also came forward to do battle. Uprooting a śāla tree with one hand, he rushed toward Balarāma and struck Him on the head with the tree trunk.
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