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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.67.17

dvivido 'pi maha-viryah

salam udyamya panina

abhyetya tarasa tena

balam murdhany atadayat

SYNONYMS

dvividah -- Dvivida; api -- also; maha -- great; viryah -- whose potency; salam -- a sala tree; udyamya -- lifting up; panina -- with his hand; abhyetya -- approaching; tarasa -- swiftly; tena -- with it; balam -- Lord Balarama; murdhani -- on the head; atadayat -- he struck.

TRANSLATION

Mighty Dvivida also came forward to do battle. Uprooting a sala tree with one hand, he rushed toward Balarama and struck Him on the head with the tree trunk.

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