Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhāgavatam 10.67

(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 67 — Balarāma Kills the Ape Dvivida in English (IAST))

Vyasa

Also known as bhuyo ham srotumicchami ramasyadbhutakarmana

Balarāma Kills the Ape Dvivida. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 10, Chapter 67 (The Life of Kṛṣṇa), 28 verses in Sanskrit with transliteration in 9 scripts.

śrī-rājovāca
bhuyo ’haṁ śrotum icchāmi
rāmasyādbhuta-karmaṇaḥ
anantasyāprameyasya
yad anyat kṛtavān prabhuḥ
śrī-śuka uvāca
narakasya sakhā kaścid
dvivido nāma vānaraḥ
sugrīva-sacivaḥ so ’tha
bhrātā maindasya vīryavān
sakhyuḥ so ’pacitiṁ kurvan
vānaro rāṣṭra-viplavam
pura-grāmākarān ghoṣān
adahad vahnim utsṛjan
kvacit sa śailān utpāṭya
tair deśān samacūrṇayat
ānartān sutarām eva
yatrāste mitra-hā hariḥ
kvacit samudra-madhya-stho
dorbhyām utkṣipya taj-jalam
deśān nāgāyuta-prāṇo
velā-kūle nyamajjayat
āśramān ṛṣi-mukhyānāṁ
kṛtvā bhagna-vanaspatīn
adūṣayac chakṛn-mūtrair
agnīn vaitānikān khalaḥ
puruṣān yoṣito dṛptaḥ
kṣmābhṛd-dronī-guhāsu saḥ
nikṣipya cāpyadhāc chailaiḥ
peśaṣkārīva kīṭakam
evaṁ deśān viprakurvan
dūṣayaṁś ca kula-striyaḥ
śrutvā su-lalitaṁ gītaṁ
giriṁ raivatakaṁ yayau
tatrāpaśyad yadu-patiṁ
rāmaṁ puṣkara-mālinam
sudarśanīya-sarvāṅgaṁ
lalanā-yūtha-madhya-gam
gāyantaṁ vāruṇīṁ pītvā
mada-vihvala-locanam
vibhrājamānaṁ vapuṣā
prabhinnam iva vāraṇam
duṣṭaḥ śākhā-mṛgaḥ śākhām
ārūḍhaḥ kampayan drumān
cakre kilakilā-śabdam
ātmānaṁ sampradarśayan
tasya dhārṣṭyaṁ kaper vīkṣya
taruṇyo jāti-cāpalāḥ
hāsya-priyā vijahasur
baladeva-parigrahāḥ
tā helayām āsa kapir
bhrū-kṣepair sammukhādibhiḥ
darśayan sva-gudaṁ tāsāṁ
rāmasya ca nirīkṣitaḥ
taṁ grāvṇā prāharat kruddho
balaḥ praharatāṁ varaḥ
sa vañcayitvā grāvāṇaṁ
madirā-kalaśaṁ kapiḥ
gṛhītvā helayām āsa
dhūrtas taṁ kopayan hasan
nirbhidya kalaśaṁ duṣṭo
vāsāṁsy āsphālayad balam
kadarthī-kṛtya balavān
vipracakre madoddhataḥ
taṁ tasyāvinayaṁ dṛṣṭvā
deśāṁś ca tad-upadrutān
kruddho muṣalam ādatta
halaṁ cāri-jighāṁsayā
dvivido ’pi mahā-vīryaḥ
śālam udyamya pāṇinā
abhyetya tarasā tena
balaṁ mūrdhany atāḍayat
taṁ tu saṅkarṣaṇo mūrdhni
patantam acalo yathā
pratijagrāha balavān
sunandenāhanac ca tam
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
evaṁ yudhyan bhagavatā
bhagne bhagne punaḥ punaḥ
ākṛṣya sarvato vṛkṣān
nirvṛkṣam akarod vanam
tato ’muñcac chilā-varṣaṁ
balasyopary amarṣitaḥ
tat sarvaṁ cūrṇayāṁ āsa
līlayā muṣalāyudhaḥ
sa bāhū tāla-saṅkāśau
muṣṭī-kṛtya kapīśvaraḥ
āsādya rohiṇī-putraṁ
tābhyāṁ vakṣasy arūrujat
yādavendro ’pi taṁ dorbhyāṁ
tyaktvā muṣala-lāṅgale
jatrāv abhyardayat kruddhaḥ
so ’patad rudhiraṁ vaman
cakampe tena patatā
sa-ṭaṅkaḥ sa-vanaspatiḥ
parvataḥ kuru-śārdūla
vāyunā naur ivāmbhasi
jaya-śabdo namaḥ-śabdaḥ
sādhu sādhv iti cāmbare
sura-siddha-munīndrāṇām
āsīt kusuma-varṣiṇām
evaṁ nihatya dvividaṁ
jagad-vyatikarāvaham
saṁstūyamāno bhagavān
janaiḥ sva-puram āviśat

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