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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.67.25

yadavendro 'pi tam dorbhyam

tyaktva musala-langale

jatrav abhyardayat kruddhah

so 'patad rudhiram vaman

SYNONYMS

yadava-indrah -- Balarama, the Lord of the Yadavas; api -- and; tam -- him; dorbhyam -- with His hands; tyaktva -- throwing aside; musala-langale -- His club and plow; jatrau -- on the collarbone; abhyardayat -- hammered; kruddhah -- angry; sah -- he, Dvivida; apatat -- fell; rudhiram -- blood; vaman -- vomiting.

TRANSLATION

The furious Lord of the Yadavas 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 Krsna, Srila Prabhupada writes, "This time Lord Balarama 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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