Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 67: Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.67.25
yādavendro 'pi taḿ dorbhyāḿ
tyaktvā muṣala-lāńgale
jatrāv abhyardayat kruddhaḥ
so 'patad rudhiraḿ vaman
SYNONYMS
yādava-indraḥ — Balarāma, the Lord of the Yādavas; api — and; tam — him; dorbhyām — with His hands; tyaktvā — throwing aside; muṣala-lāńgale — His club and plow; jatrau — on the collarbone; abhyardayat — hammered; kruddhaḥ — angry; saḥ — he, Dvivida; apatat — fell; rudhiram — blood; vaman — vomiting.
TRANSLATION
The furious Lord of the Yādavas then threw aside His club and plow and with His bare hands hammered a blow upon Dvivida's collarbone. The ape collapsed, vomiting blood.
PURPORT
In Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda writes, "This time Lord Balarāma became most angry. Since the gorilla was striking Him with his hands, He would not strike him back with His own weapons, the club or the plow. Simply with His fists He began to strike the collarbone of the gorilla. This striking proved to be fatal to Dvivida."
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