Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 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

evamin 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; akarothe 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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