Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 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

dvividaḥDvivida; api — also; mahā — great; vīryaḥ — whose potency; śālama śāla tree; udyamya — lifting up; pāṇinā — with his hand; abhyetya — approaching; tarasā — swiftly; tena — with it; balam — Lord Balarāma; mūrdhani — on the head; atāḍayathe 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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