SB 10.67.24

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 67: Lord Balarāma Slays Dvivida Gorilla

SB 10.67.23

SB 10.67.25

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 24

sa bāhū tāla-saṅkāśau
muṣṭī-kṛtya kapīśvaraḥ
āsādya rohiṇī-putraṁ
tābhyāṁ vakṣasy arūrujat

SYNONYMS

saḥ—he; bāhū—both his arms; tāla—palm trees; saṅkāśau—as big as; muṣṭī—into fists; kṛtya—making; kapi—of apes; īśvaraḥ—the most powerful; āsādya—confronting; rohiṇī-putram—the son of Rohiṇī, Balarāma; tābhyām—with them; vakṣasi—upon His chest; arūrujat—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 Balarāma and beat his fists against the Lord's body.