Bhagavatapurana 10.67: atha saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

10.67.1

/0 śrī-rājovāca
bhuyo 'haṃ śrotum icchāmi rāmasyādbhuta-karmaṇaḥ /
anantasyāprameyasya yad anyat kṛtavān prabhuḥ //

The king said: / I desire to hear further of the wondrous deeds of Rāma, / the infinite, the immeasurable—what other deeds the Lord performed.

1. The king said:— Still more I wish to hear of Rama of infinite and incomprehensible power and wonderful deeds,—of whatever else the powerful Lord performed.

10.67.2

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
narakasya sakhā kaścid dvivido nāma vānaraḥ /
sugrīva-sacivaḥ so 'tha bhrātā maindasya vīryavān //

Śrī Śuka said: / There was a monkey named Dvivida, a friend of Naraka, / a counselor of Sugrīva, and the powerful brother of Mainda.

2. Sri Suka said:— A certain monkey called Dwivida was a friend of Naraka: he was a courtier of Sugriva and the powerful brother of Mainda.

10.67.3

sakhyuḥ so 'pacitiṃ kurvan vānaro rāṣṭra-viplavam /
pura-grāmākarān ghoṣān adahad vahnim utsṛjan //

Seeking revenge for his friend, that monkey devastated the country; / unleashing fire, he burned cities, villages, mines, and cowherd settlements.

3. The monkey. desirous of clearing his debt to his friend, caused a great havoc in the country by setting fire to cities, villages, hamlets and so on.

10.67.4

kvacit sa śailān utpāṭya tair deśān samacūrṇayat /
ānartān sutarām eva yatrāste mitra-hā hariḥ //

In some places he uprooted mountains and crushed regions with them, / especially Ānarta, where dwelt Hari, the killer of his friend.

4. Here he pulled out hills and with them powdered the territories, especially the dominions of Anarthas, where Hari the slayer of his friend, dwelt.

10.67.5

kvacit samudra-madhya-stho dorbhyām utkṣipya taj-jalam /
deśān nāgāyuta-prāṇo velā-kūle nyamajjayat //

In some places, standing in the middle of the sea, he splashed up its waters with his two arms, / having the strength of ten thousand elephants, and submerged the coastal lands.

5. Possessed of the strength of ten thousand elephants, he there got into the sea and dashed up such a volume of water as drowned portions of the country adjoining the shore.

10.67.6

āśramān ṛṣi-mukhyānāṃ kṛtvā bhagna-vanaspatīn /
adūṣayac chakṛn-mūtrair agnīn vaitānikān khalaḥ //

The villain broke the forest trees in the hermitages of the foremost sages, / and polluted the sacrificial fires with feces and urine.

6. The wicked monkey broke down (V. reduced to ashes) the trees in the hermitages of great sages and profaned their sacrificial fires with his dung and urine. 7. The haughty monkey put men and women into mountain caves and blocked their entrances with huge rocks, even as the wasp imprisons the worm.

10.67.7

puruṣān yoṣito dṛptaḥ kṣmābhṛd-dronī-guhāsu saḥ /
nikṣipya cāpyadhāc chailaiḥ peśaṣkārīva kīṭakam //

Arrogant, he cast men and women into the caves of mountain ravines / and sealed them with rocks, as a solitary wasp imprisons a worm.

10.67.8

evaṃ deśān viprakurvan dūṣayaṃś ca kula-striyaḥ /
śrutvā su-lalitaṃ gītaṃ giriṃ raivatakaṃ yayau //

Having thus ruined the regions and violated noble women, / he heard exquisite singing and went to Mount Raivataka.

8. Thus he made a great havoc of the countries (D. that country) and defiled noble-born women: (once) hearing very fine music, he went to the mount Raivataka.

10.67.9

tatrāpaśyad yadu-patiṃ rāmaṃ puṣkara-mālinam /
sudarśanīya-sarvāṅgaṃ lalanā-yūtha-madhya-gam //

There he saw Rāma, the lord of the Yadus, wearing a garland of lotuses, / his every limb enchanting to behold, seated amid a company of women,

9. There he saw Balarama, the Lord of Yadus, adorned with wreaths of flowers, charming in every limb and standing in the midst of beautiful damsels,

10.67.10

gāyantaṃ vāruṇīṃ pītvā mada-vihvala-locanam /
vibhrājamānaṃ vapuṣā prabhinnam iva vāraṇam //

singing after having drunk vāruṇī, his eyes unsteady with intoxication, / resplendent in body like an elephant in rut.

10. —Singing, drunk with Varuni, with eyes swimming in intoxication and with a glowing person like an elephant in rut.

10.67.11

duṣṭaḥ śākhā-mṛgaḥ śākhām ārūḍhaḥ kampayan drumān /
cakre kilakilā-śabdam ātmānaṃ sampradarśayan //

The wicked ape, climbing onto a branch, shaking the trees, / made chattering noises, flaunting himself.

11. The wicked monkey climbed up the branches, shook the trees and loudly chattered with the object of advertising himself.

10.67.12

tasya dhārṣṭyaṃ kaper vīkṣya taruṇyo jāti-cāpalāḥ /
hāsya-priyā vijahasur baladeva-parigrahāḥ //

Seeing the audacity of that monkey, the young women, naturally fickle / and fond of laughter, who were Baladeva's consorts, laughed aloud.

12. Observing the officiousness (whimsical nature) of the monkey, the companions of Bala, (being women and of divided attention by nature and) fond of fun, now filled the place with their roaring laughter.

10.67.13

tā helayām āsa kapir bhrū-kṣepair sammukhādibhiḥ /
darśayan sva-gudaṃ tāsāṃ rāmasya ca nirīkṣitaḥ //

The ape mocked them with gestures such as knit brows right in their presence, / showing them his buttocks, while being watched by Rāma.

13. Under the very eyes of Rama the monkey ridiculed them by twisting his brows, making wry faces and showing them his hind part.

10.67.14

taṃ grāvṇā prāharat kruddho balaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ /
sa vañcayitvā grāvāṇaṃ madirā-kalaśaṃ kapiḥ //

Enraged, Bala, the best among warriors, hurled a rock at him; / but the ape dodged the stone and, seizing a jar of wine,

14. The enraged Balarama, the foremost warrior, hit the monkey with a stone: but the rogue of a monkey evaded it and took hold of the pot of wine and, ridiculed Rama, grinning at him and kindling his anger.

10.67.15

gṛhītvā helayām āsa dhūrtas taṃ kopayan hasan /
nirbhidya kalaśaṃ duṣṭo vāsāṃsy āsphālayad balam //

the rogue made fun of him, provoking his fury and laughing; / smashing the jar, the vile creature tore at Bala's clothes.

15 & 17. The wicked and powerful monkey broke the jar, tore the clothes of women, and caused infinite annoyance to Balarama; and elated with pride treated Balarama with great contempt. Considering its wicked and mischievous conduct and how it harrassed the country Balarama in a rage took up his bolt (mortar) and plough to kill the enemy: Dwivida too, being very powerful, pulled out a Sala tree (a hill) with his hand, suddenly sprang at him and dealt a blow on his head.

10.67.16

kadarthī-kṛtya balavān vipracakre madoddhataḥ /
taṃ tasyāvinayaṃ dṛṣṭvā deśāṃś ca tad-upadrutān //

Having insulted him, the powerful [ape], arrogant with pride, committed outrages. / Seeing his insolence and the regions ravaged by him, [Balarāma reflected:]

10.67.17

kruddho muṣalam ādatta halaṃ cāri-jighāṃsayā /
dvivido 'pi mahā-vīryaḥ śālam udyamya pāṇinā //

Enraged and wishing to slay his enemy, he took up his club and plow; / Dvivida also, possessing great prowess, raised a śāla tree with his hand

10.67.18

abhyetya tarasā tena balaṃ mūrdhany atāḍayat /
taṃ tu saṅkarṣaṇo mūrdhni patantam acalo yathā //

and running forward swiftly, struck Bala on the head with it. / Saṅkarṣaṇa, however, just like a mountain [meeting] a falling [object],

18—20. The powerful Sankarshana seeing that tree coming down like a hill (D. eying at the falling hill, in a rage) struck it down with his musala called Sunanda: the monkey (also) had its head split with the musala and, covered with torrents of blood, shone like a mountain covered with a solution of coloured earths: the monkey did not mind the stroke, pulled out another tree removing all its leaves by dint of his strength and with it in great rage struck Balarama.

10.67.19

pratijagrāha balavān sunandenāhanac ca tam /
mūṣalāhata-mastiṣko vireje rakta-dhārayā //

the mighty one received it upon his head and struck him with Sunanda. / With his forehead smashed by the club, [the ape] shone with streams of blood

10.67.20

girir yathā gairikayā prahāraṃ nānucintayan /
punar anyaṃ samutkṣipya kṛtvā niṣpatram ojasā //

like a mountain with red ochre, paying no heed to the blow. / Tearing off another [tree] again and stripping its leaves with his might,

10.67.21

tenāhanat su-saṅkruddhas taṃ balaḥ śatadhācchinat /
tato 'nyena ruṣā jaghne taṃ cāpi śatadhācchinat //

he struck with it in great fury, but Bala cut it into a hundred pieces. / Then with rage he struck with another, and that too [Bala] cut into a hundred pieces.

21. Balarama cut it into a hundred pieces; again in rage, with another the monkey hit him, but Bala cut it also into a hundred pieces.

10.67.22

evaṃ yudhyan bhagavatā bhagne bhagne punaḥ punaḥ /
ākṛṣya sarvato vṛkṣān nirvṛkṣam akarod vanam //

Fighting thus with the Lord, as tree after tree was shattered again and again, / pulling up trees from all around, he made the forest devoid of trees.

22. Thus he fought on with the glorious Balarama and, when each tree was cut to pieces, he pulled out one by one all the trees on every side and denuded the forest.

10.67.23

tato 'muñcac chilā-varṣaṃ balasyopary amarṣitaḥ /
tat sarvaṃ cūrṇayāṃ āsa līlayā muṣalāyudhaḥ //

Then, intolerant, he hurled a shower of stones upon Bala; / the club-wielding [Lord] effortlessly pulverized all of them in sport.

23. Then the enraged monkey rained rocks on Balarama, who with his weapon (musala) sportfully reduced them all to powder.

10.67.24

sa bāhū tāla-saṅkāśau muṣṭī-kṛtya kapīśvaraḥ /
āsādya rohiṇī-putraṃ tābhyāṃ vakṣasy arūrujat //

That lord of monkeys, clenching his palm-tree-like arms into fists, / approached the son of Rohiṇī and battered him on the chest with both of them.

24. The great monkey twisted his hands long like unto palm tree into fists and with them violently hit Rohini's son on the chest.

10.67.25

yādavendro 'pi taṃ dorbhyāṃ tyaktvā muṣala-lāṅgale /
jatrāv abhyardayat kruddhaḥ so 'patad rudhiraṃ vaman //

The lord of the Yadus also, having abandoned his club and plow with both arms, / struck him angrily on the collarbone; he fell down vomiting blood.

25. The great warrior of Yadavas threw down his musala and plough and in rage with both his hands hit him on the ankle-knots, so that the monkey fell vomiting blood.

10.67.26

cakampe tena patatā sa-ṭaṅkaḥ sa-vanaspatiḥ /
parvataḥ kuru-śārdūla vāyunā naur ivāmbhasi //

As he fell, O bull among the Kurus, the mountain with its crags and trees / shook like a boat on water caught in the wind.

26. By his fall the mountain with its rocks and trees shook, O tiger of Kurus, like a ship on the sea blown in a tempest.

10.67.27

jaya-śabdo namaḥ-śabdaḥ sādhu sādhv iti cāmbare /
sura-siddha-munīndrāṇām āsīt kusuma-varṣiṇām //

Cries of "Victory!" and "Salutations!" and "Well done, well done!" / rose in the sky from the gods, Siddhas, and chief sages, raining down flowers.

27. Then was heard in the skies the shouting "Jaya, Jaya (victory) Namaha (salutation), Sadhu, Sadhu, (well done)", of the gods, Siddhas, great sages, who also showered flowers.

10.67.28

evaṃ nihatya dvividaṃ jagad-vyatikarāvaham /
saṃstūyamāno bhagavān janaiḥ sva-puram āviśat //

Having thus slain Dvivida, who had brought turmoil to the world, / the Lord entered his own city while being praised by the people.

28. Having thus slain Dwivida that was desolating the land the glorious Balarama returned to the city, the people singing his praise.