Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 67: Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.67.18
taḿ tu sańkarṣaṇo mūrdhni
patantam acalo yathā
pratijagrāha balavān
sunandenāhanac ca tam
SYNONYMS
tam — that (tree trunk); tu — but; sańkarṣaṇaḥ — Lord Balarāma; mūrdhni — on His head; patantam — falling; acalaḥ — an unmoving mountain; yathā — like; pratijagrāha — took hold of; bala-vān — powerful; sunandena — with Sunanda, His club; ahanat — He struck; ca — and; tam — him, Dvivida.
TRANSLATION
But Lord Sańkarṣaṇa remained as motionless as a mountain and simply grabbed the log as it fell upon His head. He then struck Dvivida with His club, named Sunanda.
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