Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.67.19-21
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesRepeated Attacks Cannot Overcome the Lord
“Struck on the skull by the Lord’s club, Dvivida became brilliantly decorated by the outpour of blood, like a mountain beautified by red oxide. Ignoring the wound, Dvivida uprooted another tree, stripped it of leaves by brute force and struck the Lord again. Now enraged, Lord Balarāma shattered the tree into hundreds of pieces, upon which Dvivida grabbed yet another tree and furiously hit the Lord again. This tree, too, the Lord smashed into hundreds of pieces.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s club struck Dvivida’s skull. The flowing blood is compared to red oxide beautifying a mountain.
- Ignoring his wound, Dvivida uprooted another tree, stripped away its leaves and struck the Lord again.
- Lord Balarāma shattered that tree into hundreds of pieces. When Dvivida attacked with yet another tree, the Lord shattered that one too.
Try this today
If anger makes you want to repeat a hurtful action today, stop and pause before acting.
Ask yourself
Do I ever persist in an angry course instead of reconsidering it?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.