Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 67: Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.67.5

kvacit samudra-madhya-stho

dorbhyām utkṣipya taj-jalam

deśān nāgāyuta-prāṇo

velā-kūle nyamajjayat

SYNONYMS

kvacit — once; samudra — of the ocean; madhyain the midst; sthaḥ — standing; dorbhyām — with his arms; utkṣipya — churning up; tat — its; jalam — water; deśān — the kingdoms; nāga — elephants; ayuta — (like) ten thousand; prāṇaḥ — whose vital strength; velā — of the coast; kūle — upon the shore; nyamajjayathe caused to drown.

TRANSLATION

Another time he entered the ocean and, with the strength of ten thousand elephants, churned up its water with his arms and thus submerged the coastal regions.

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