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SB 10.67.17

Devanāgarī

द्विविदोऽपि महावीर्य: शालमुद्यम्य पाणिना । अभ्येत्य तरसा तेन बलं मूर्धन्यताडयत् ॥ १७ ॥

Text

dvivido ’pi mahā-vīryaḥ śālam udyamya pāṇinā abhyetya tarasā tena balaṁ mūrdhany atāḍayat

Synonyms

dvividaḥ—Dvivida;api—also;mahā—great;vīryaḥ—whose potency;śālam—aśālatree;udyamya—lifting up;pāṇinā—with his hand;abhyetya—approaching;tarasā—swiftly;tena—with it;balam—Lord Balarāma;mūrdhani—on the head;atāḍayat—he struck.

Translation

Mighty Dvivida also came forward to do battle. Uprooting a śāla tree with one hand, he rushed toward Balarāma and struck Him on the head with the tree trunk.

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