> > S'rîmad Bhâgavatam - Canto 10
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > *******

> > Canto 10: 'Summum Bonum'

> > *******

> > Chapter Thirty-seven: Lord Balarâma Slays Dvivida Gorilla

> > TEXT 1

> > s'rî-râjovâca

> > bhuyo 'ham s'rotum icchâmi

> > râmasyâdbhuta-karmanah

> > anantasyâprameyasya

> > yad anyat kritavân prabhuh

> > s'rî-râjâ - the glorious King (Parîkchit); uvâca - said; bhûyah - further; aham - I; s'rotum - to hear; icchâmi - wish; râmasya - of Lord Balarâma; adbhuta - amazing; karmanah - whose activities; anantasya - unlimited; aprameyasya - immeasurable; yat - what; anyat - else; kritavân - did; prabhuh - the Lord.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The glorious King Parîkchit said: I wish to hear further about S'rî Balarâma, the unlimited and immeasurable Supreme Lord, whose activities are all astounding. What else did He do?

> > ******

> > TEXT 2

> > s'rî-s'uka uvâca

> > narakasya sakhâ kas'cid

> > dvivido nâma vânarah

> > sugrîva-sacivah so 'tha

> > bhrâtâ maindasya vîryavân

> > s'rî-s'ukah uvâca - S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said; narakasya - of the demon Naraka; sakhâ - friend; kas'cit - a certain; dvividah - Dvivida; nâma - by name; vânarah - an ape; sugrîva - King Sugrîva; sacivah - whose adviser; sah - he; atha - also; bhrâtâ - the brother; maindasya - of Mainda; vîrya-vân - powerful.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'rî S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said: There was an ape named Dvivida who was a friend of Narakâsura's. This powerful Dvivida, the brother of Mainda, had been instructed by King Sugrîva.

> > ******

> > TEXT 3

> > sakhyuh so 'pacitim kurvan

> > vânaro râshthra-viplavam

> > pura-grâmâkarân ghoshân

> > adahad vahnim utsrijan

> > sakhyuh - of his friend (Naraka, whom Lord Krishna had killed); sah - he; apacitim - repayment of his debt; kurvan - doing; vânarah - the ape; râshthra - of the kingdom; viplavam - creating great disturbance; pura - the cities; grâma - villages; âkarân - and mines; ghoshân - cowherd communities; adahat - he burned; vahnim - fire; utsrijan - spreading about.

> > TRANSLATION

> > To avenge the death of his friend [Naraka], the ape Dvivida ravaged the land, setting fires that burned cities, villages, mines and cowherd dwellings.

> > ******

> > TEXT 4

> > kvacit sa s'ailân utpâthya

> > tair des'ân samacûrnayat

> > ânartân sutarâm eva

> > yatrâste mitra-hâ harih

> > kvacit - once; sah - he, Dvivida; s'ailân - mountains; utpâthya - tearing up; taih - with them; des'ân - all the kingdoms; samacûrnayat - he devastated; ânartân - the province of the Ânarta people (in which Dvârakâ is situated); sutarâm eva - especially; yatra - where; âste - is present; mitra - of his friend; hâ - the killer; harih - Krishna.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Once Dvivida tore up a number of mountains and used them to devastate all the neighboring kingdoms, especially the province of Ânarta, wherein dwelt his friend's killer, Lord Hari.

> > ******

> > TEXT 5

> > kvacit samudra-madhya-stho

> > dorbhyâm utkshipya taj-jalam

> > des'ân nâgâyuta-prâno

> > velâ-kûle nyamajjayat

> > kvacit - once; samudra - of the ocean; madhya - in the midst; sthah - standing; dorbhyâm - with his arms; utkshipya - churning up; tat - its; jalam - water; des'ân - the kingdoms; nâga - elephants; ayuta - (like) ten thousand; prânah - whose vital strength; velâ - of the coast; kûle - upon the shore; nyamajjayat - he caused to drown.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Another time he entered the ocean and, with the strength of ten thousand elephants, churned up its water with his arms and thus submerged the coastal regions.

> > ******

> > TEXT 6

> > âs'ramân rishi-mukhyânâm

> > kritvâ bhagna-vanaspatîn

> > adûshayac chakrin-mûtrair

> > agnîn vaitânikân khalah

> > âs'ramân - the spiritual communities; rishi - of sages; mukhyânâm - exalted; kritva - making; bhagna - broken; vanaspatîn - whose trees; adûshayat - he contaminated; s'akrit - with stool; mûtraih - and urine; agnîn - the fires; vaitânikân - sacrificial; khalah - wicked.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The wicked ape tore down the trees in the hermitages of exalted sages and contaminated their sacrificial fires with his feces and urine.

> > ******

> > TEXT 7

> > purushân yoshito driptah

> > kshmâbhrid-dronî-guhâsu sah

> > nikshipya câpyadhâc chailaih

> > pes'ashkârîva kîthakam

> > purushân - men; yoshitah - and women; driptah - audacious; kshmâ-bhrit - of a mountain; dronî - within a valley; guhâsu - inside caves; sah - he; nikshipya - casting; ca - and; apyadhât - sealed; s'ailaih - with large stones; pes'ashkârî - a wasp; iva - as; kîthakam - a small insect.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Just as a wasp imprisons smaller insects, he arrogantly threw both men and women into caves in a mountain valley and sealed the caves shut with boulders.

> > ******

> > TEXT 8

> > evam des'ân viprakurvan

> > dûshayams' ca kula-striyah

> > s'rutvâ su-lalitam gîtam

> > girim raivatakam yayau

> > evam - thus; des'ân - the various kingdoms; viprakurvan - disturbing; dûshayan - contaminating; ca - and; kula - of respectable families; striyah - the women; s'rutvâ - hearing; su-lalitam - very sweet; gîtam - song; girim - to the mountain; raivatakam - named Raivataka; yayau - he went.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Once, while Dvivida was thus engaged in harassing the neighboring kingdoms and polluting women of respectable families, he heard very sweet singing coming from Raivataka Mountain. So he went there.

> > ******

> > TEXTS 9 - 10

> > tatrâpas'yad yadu-patim

> > râmam pushkara-mâlinam

> > sudars'anîya-sarvângam

> > lalanâ-yûtha-madhya-gam

> > gâyantam vârunîm pîtvâ

> > mada-vihvala-locanam

> > vibhrâjamânam vapushâ

> > prabhinnam iva vâranam

> > tatra - there; apas'yat - he saw; yadu-patim - the Lord of the Yadus; râmam - Balarâma; pushkara - of lotus flowers; mâlinam - wearing a garland; su- dars'anîya - most attractive; sarva - all; angam - whose limbs; lalanâ - of women; yûtha - of a bevy; madhya-gam - in the midst;

> > gâyantam - singing; vârunîm - the vârunî liquor; pîtvâ - drinking; mada - with intoxication; vihvala - unsteady; locanam - whose eyes; vibhrâjamânam - brilliantly glowing; vapushâ - with His body; prabhinnam - in rut; iva - as; vâranam - an elephant.

> > TRANSLATION

> > There he saw S'rî Balarâma, the Lord of the Yadus, adorned with a garland of lotuses and appearing most attractive in every limb. He was singing amidst a crowd of young women, and since He had drunk vârunî liquor, His eyes rolled as if He were intoxicated. His body shone brilliantly as He behaved like an elephant in rut.

> > ******

> > TEXT 11

> > dushthah s'âkhâ-mrigah s'âkhâm

> > ârûdhah kampayan drumân

> > cakre kilakilâ-s'abdam

> > âtmânam sampradars'ayan

> > dushthah - mischievous; s'âkhâ-mrigah - the ape ("the animal who lives on branches"); s'âkhâm - a branch; ârûdhah - having climbed; kampayan - shaking; drumân - trees; cakre - he made; kilakilâ-s'abdam - the sound kilakilâ; âtmânam - himself; sampradars'ayan - showing.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The mischievous ape climbed a tree branch and then revealed his presence by shaking the trees and making the sound kilakilâ.

> > ******

> > TEXT 12

> > tasya dhârshthyam kaper vîkshya

> > tarunyo jâti-câpalâh

> > hâsya-priyâ vijahasur

> > baladeva-parigrahâh

> > tasya - of him; dhârshthyam - the impudence; kapeh - of the ape; vîkshya - seeing; tarunyah - the young women; jâti - by nature; câpalâh - not serious; hâsya- priyâh - fond of laughter; vijahasuh - laughed loudly; baladeva-parigrahâh - the consorts of Lord Baladeva.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When Lord Baladeva's consorts saw the ape's impudence, they began to laugh. They were, after all, young girls who were fond of joking and prone to silliness.

> > ******

> > TEXT 13

> > tâ helayâm âsa kapir

> > bhrû-kshepair sammukhâdibhih

> > dars'ayan sva-gudam tâsâm

> > râmasya ca nirîkshitah

> > tâh - them (the girls); helayâm âsa - ridiculed; kapih - the ape; bhrû - of his eyebrows; kshepaih - with odd gestures; sammukha - by standing right in front of them; âdibhih - and so on; dars'ayan - showing; sva - his; gudam - anus; tâsâm - to them; râmasya - as Lord Balarâma; ca - and; nirîkshitah - was watching.

> > TRANSLATION

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

> > ******

> > TEXTS 14 - 15

> > tam grâvnâ prâharat kruddho

> > balah praharatâm varah

> > sa van'cayitvâ grâvânam

> > madirâ-kalas'am kapih

> > grihîtvâ helayâm âsa

> > dhûrtas tam kopayan hasan

> > nirbhidya kalas'am dushtho

> > vâsâmsy âsphâlayad balam

> > kadarthî-kritya balavân

> > vipracakre madoddhatah

> > tam - at him, Dvivida; grâvnâ - a rock; prâharat - threw; kruddhah - angry; balah - Lord Balarâma; praharatâm - of throwers of weapons; varah - the best; sah - he, Dvivida; van'cayitvâ - avoiding; grâvânam - the rock; madirâ - of liquor; kalas'am - the pot; kapih - the ape; grihîtvâ - seizing; helayâm âsa - made fun of; dhûrtah - the rascal; tam - Him, Lord Balarâma; kopayan - angering; hasan - laughing; nirbhidya - breaking; kalas'am - the pot; dushthah - wicked; vâsâmsi - the garments (of the girls); âsphâlayat - he pulled at; balam - Lord Balarâma; kadarthîkritya - disrespecting; bala-vân - powerful; vipracakre - he insulted; mada - by false pride; uddhatah - puffed up.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Angered, Lord Balarâma, the best of fighters, hurled a rock at him, but the cunning ape dodged the rock and grabbed the Lord's pot of liquor. Further infuriating Lord Balarâma by laughing and by ridiculing Him, wicked Dvivida then broke the pot and offended the Lord even more by pulling at the girls' clothing. Thus the powerful ape, puffed up with false pride, continued to insult S'rî Balarâma.

> > ******

> > TEXT 16

> > tam tasyâvinayam drishthvâ

> > des'âms' ca tad-upadrutân

> > kruddho mushalam âdatta

> > halam câri-jighâmsayâ

> > tam - that; tasya - his; avinayam - rudeness; drishthvâ - seeing; des'ân - the kingdoms; ca - and; tat - by him; upadrutân - disrupted; kruddhah - angry; mushalam - His club; âdatta - took; halam - His plow; ca - and; ari - the enemy; jighâmsayâ - intending to kill.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Lord Balarâma saw the ape's rude behavior and thought of the disruptions he had created in the surrounding kingdoms. Thus the Lord angrily took up His club and His plow weapon, having decided to put His enemy to death.

> > ******

> > TEXT 17

> > dvivido 'pi mahâ-vîryah

> > s'âlam udyamya pâninâ

> > abhyetya tarasâ tena

> > balam mûrdhany atâdayat

> > dvividah - Dvivida; api - also; mahâ - great; vîryah - whose potency; s'âlam - a s'âla tree; udyamya - lifting up; pâninâ - with his hand; abhyetya - approaching; tarasâ - swiftly; tena - with it; balam - Lord Balarâma; mûrdhani - on the head; atâdayat - he struck.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Mighty Dvivida also came forward to do battle. Uprooting a s'âla tree with one hand, he rushed toward Balarâma and struck Him on the head with the tree trunk.

> > ******

> > TEXT 18

> > tam tu sankarshano mûrdhni

> > patantam acalo yathâ

> > pratijagrâha balavân

> > sunandenâhanac ca tam

> > tam - that (tree trunk); tu - but; sankarshanah - Lord Balarâma; mûrdhni - on His head; patantam - falling; acalah - an unmoving mountain; yathâ - like; pratijagrâha - took hold of; bala-vân - powerful; sunandena - with Sunanda, His club; ahanat - He struck; ca - and; tam - him, Dvivida.

> > TRANSLATION

> > But Lord Sankarshana remained as motionless as a mountain and simply grabbed the log as it fell upon His head. He then struck Dvivida with His club, named Sunanda.

> > ******

> > TEXTS 19 - 21

> > mûshalâhata-mastishko

> > vireje rakta-dhârayâ

> > girir yathâ gairikayâ

> > prahâram nânucintayan

> > punar anyam samutkshipya

> > kritvâ nishpatram ojasâ

> > tenâhanat su-sankruddhas

> > tam balah s'atadhâcchinat

> > tato 'nyena rushâ jaghne

> > tam câpi s'atadhâcchinat

> > mûshala - by the club; âhata - struck; mastishkah - his skull; vireje - he appeared brilliant; rakta - of blood; dhârayâ - with the downpour; girih - a mountain; yathâ - like; gairikayâ - with red oxide; prahâram - the blow; na - not; anucintayan - regarding seriously; punah - again; anyam - another (tree); samutkshipya - uprooting; kritvâ - making; nishpatram - devoid of leaves; ojasâ - forcefully; tena - with it; ahanat - he struck; su-sankruddhah - totally angered; tam - it; balah - Lord Balarâma; s'atadhâ - into hundreds of pieces; acchinat - shattered; tatah - then; anyena - with another; rushâ - furiously; jaghne - smashed; tam - it; ca - and; api - also; s'atadhâ - into hundreds of pieces; acchinat - He broke.

> > 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 Balarâma 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.

> > ******

> > TEXT 22

> > evam yudhyan bhagavatâ

> > bhagne bhagne punah punah

> > âkrishya sarvato vrikshân

> > nirvriksham akarod vanam

> > evam - in this way; yudhyan - (Dvivida) fighting; bhagavatâ - by the Lord; bhagne bhagne - being repeatedly broken; punah punah - again and again; âkrishya - pulling out; sarvatah - from everywhere; vrikshân - trees; nirvriksham - treeless; akarot - he made; vanam - the forest.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus fighting the Lord, who again and again demolished the trees He was attacked with, Dvivida kept on uprooting trees from all sides until the forest was left treeless.

> > ******

> > TEXT 23

> > tato 'mun'cac chilâ-varsham

> > balasyopary amarshitah

> > tat sarvam cûrnayâm âsa

> > lîlayâ mushalâyudhah

> > tatah - then; amun'cat - he released; s'ilâ - of stones; varsham - a rain; balasya upari - on top of Lord Balarâma; amarshitah - frustrated; tat - that; sarvam - all; cûrnayâm âsa - pulverized; lîlayâ - easily; mushala-âyudhah - the wielder of the club.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The angry ape then released a rain of stones upon Lord Balarâma, but the wielder of the club easily pulverized them all.

> > ******

> > TEXT 24

> > sa bâhû tâla-sankâs'au

> > mushthî-kritya kapîs'varah

> > âsâdya rohinî-putram

> > tâbhyâm vakshasy arûrujat

> > sah - he; bâhû - both his arms; tâla - palm trees; sankâs'au - as big as; mushthî - into fists; kritya - making; kapi - of apes; îs'varah - the most powerful; âsâdya - confronting; rohinî-putram - the son of Rohinî, Balarâma; tâbhyâm - with them; vakshasi - upon His chest; arûrujat - he beat.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dvivida, the most powerful of apes, now clenched his fists at the end of his palm-tree-sized arms, came before Lord Balarâma and beat his fists against the Lord's body.

> > ******

> > TEXT 25

> > yâdavendro 'pi tam dorbhyâm

> > tyaktvâ mushala-lângale

> > jatrâv abhyardayat kruddhah

> > so 'patad rudhiram vaman

> > yâdava-indrah - Balarâma, the Lord of the Yâdavas; api - and; tam - him; dorbhyâm - with His hands; tyaktvâ - throwing aside; mushala-lângale - 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 Yâdavas then threw aside His club and plow and with His bare hands hammered a blow upon Dvivida's collarbone. The ape collapsed, vomiting blood.

> > ******

> > TEXT 26

> > cakampe tena patatâ

> > sa-thankah sa-vanaspatih

> > parvatah kuru-s'ârdûla

> > vâyunâ naur ivâmbhasi

> > cakampe - shook; tena - because of him; patatâ - as he fell; sa - together with; thankah - its cliffs; sa - together with; vanaspatih - its trees; parvatah - the mountain; kuru-s'ârdûla - O tiger among the Kurus (Parîkchit Mahârâja); vâyunâ - by the wind; nauh - a boat; iva - as if; ambhasi - on the water.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When he fell, O tiger among the Kurus, Raivataka Mountain shook, along with its cliffs and trees, like a wind-tossed boat at sea.

> > ******

> > TEXT 27

> > jaya-s'abdo namah-s'abdah

> > sâdhu sâdhv iti câmbare

> > sura-siddha-munîndrânâm

> > âsît kusuma-varshinâm

> > jaya-s'abdah - the sound of jaya ("Victory!"); namah-s'abdah - the sound of namah ("Obeisances!"); sâdhu sâdhu iti - the exclamation "Excellent! Well done!"; ca - and; ambare - in the sky; sura - of the demigods; siddha - advanced mystics; muni-indrânâm - and great sages; âsît - there were; kusuma - flowers; varshinâm - who were pouring down.

> > TRANSLATION

> > In the heavens the demigods, perfect mystics and great sages cried out, "Victory to You! Obeisances to You! Excellent! Well done!" and showered flowers upon the Lord.

> > ******

> > TEXT 28

> > evam nihatya dvividam

> > jagad-vyatikarâvaham

> > samstûyamâno bhagavân

> > janaih sva-puram âvis'at

> > evam - thus; nihatya - having killed; dvividam - Dvivida; jagat - to the world; vyatikara - disturbance; âvaham - who brought; samstûyamânah - being glorified with the chanting of prayers; bhagavân - the Supreme Lord; janaih - by the people; sva - His; puram - city (Dvârakâ); âvis'at - He entered.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Having thus killed Dvivida, who had disturbed the whole world, the Supreme Lord returned to His capital as the people along the way chanted His glories.

> > Back to the running text