Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 67: Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.67.22
evaḿ yudhyan bhagavatā
bhagne bhagne punaḥ punaḥ
ākṛṣya sarvato vṛkṣān
nirvṛkṣam akarod vanam
SYNONYMS
evam — in this way; yudhyan — (Dvivida) fighting; bhagavatā — by the Lord; bhagne bhagne — being repeatedly broken; punaḥ punaḥ — again and again; ākṛṣya — pulling out; sarvataḥ — from everywhere; vṛkṣān — trees; nirvṛkṣam — treeless; akarot — he made; vanam — the forest.
TRANSLATION
Thus fighting the Lord, who again and again demolished the trees He was attacked with, Dvivida kept on uprooting trees from all sides until the forest was left treeless.
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