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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.67.19-21

मूषलाहतमस्तिष्को विरेजे रक्तधारया ।

गिरिर्यथा गैरिकया प्रहारं नानुचिन्तयन् ॥ १९ ॥

पुनरन्यं समुत्क्षिप्य कृत्वा निष्पत्रमोजसा ।

तेनाहनत् सुसङ्‌क्रु‌द्धस्तं बल: शतधाच्छिनत् ॥ २० ॥

ततोऽन्येन रुषा जघ्ने तं चापि शतधाच्छिनत् ॥ २१ ॥

mūṣalāhata-mastiṣko

vireje rakta-dhārayā

girir yathā gairikayā

prahāraṁ nānucintayan

punar anyaṁ samutkṣipya

kṛtvā niṣpatram ojasā

tenāhanat su-saṅkruddhas

taṁ balaḥ śatadhācchinat

tato ’nyena ruṣā jaghne

taṁ cāpi śatadhācchinat

Translation

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.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Repeated Attacks Cannot Overcome the Lord

  1. 1

    The Lord’s club struck Dvivida’s skull. The flowing blood is compared to red oxide beautifying a mountain.

  2. 2

    Ignoring his wound, Dvivida uprooted another tree, stripped away its leaves and struck the Lord again.

  3. 3

    Lord Balarāma shattered that tree into hundreds of pieces. When Dvivida attacked with yet another tree, the Lord shattered that one too.

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