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Canto 10 · Chapter 67: Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla
10.67.1210.67.14-15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.67.13

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.67.2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ता हेलयामास कपिर्भ्रूक्षेपैर्सम्मुखादिभि: ।

दर्शयन् स्वगुदं तासां रामस्य च निरीक्षित: ॥ १३ ॥

tā helayām āsa kapir

bhrū-kṣepair sammukhādibhiḥ

darśayan sva-gudaṁ tāsāṁ

rāmasya ca nirīkṣitaḥ

Translation

Even as Lord Balarāma looked on, Dvivida insulted the girls by making odd gestures with his eyebrows, coming right in front of them, and showing them his anus.

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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.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rudeness Even in the Lord’s Presence

  1. 1

    Dvivida insulted the girls even while Lord Balarāma looked on.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Prabhupāda describes him exposing the lower part of his body, showing his teeth and moving his eyebrows.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī describes further shameless behavior: Dvivida came right up to the women, moved about and urinated.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “The gorilla was so rude that even in the presence of Balarāma he began to show the lower part of his body to the women, and sometimes he would come forward to show his teeth while moving his eyebrows.”
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī states that Dvivida would come right up to the women and move about, urinate and so on.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Conflict and affection → Devotional wonder. Divine intimacy coexists with royal duties.

Chapters 60–69 of Canto 10: Palace life, family bonds and heroic protection. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 67: Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Ignoring Lord Baladeva, who was apparently intoxicated from drinking vāruṇī liquor, Dvivida displayed his anus to the women right in front of the Lord and further insulted them by making crude gestures with his eyebrows and passing stool and urine. Dvivida’s outrageous behavior angered Lord Baladeva, and He threw a stone at the ape.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.67
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tāḥthem (the girls)
  2. helayām āsaridiculed
  3. kapiḥthe ape
  4. bhrūof his eyebrows
  5. kṣepaiḥwith odd gestures
  6. sammukhaby standing right in front of them
  7. ādibhiḥand so on
  8. darśayanshowing
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I be more careful not to humiliate others through my behavior?

Practice

Avoid one mocking gesture or insulting joke today.

Live this todayRudeness Even in the Lord’s PresenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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