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SB 10.67.18

तं तु सङ्कर्षणो मूर्ध्‍नि पतन्तमचलो यथा ।
प्रतिजग्राह बलवान् सुनन्देनाहनच्च तम् ॥ १८ ॥

taṁ tu saṅkarṣaṇo mūrdhni
patantam acalo yathā
pratijagrāha balavān
sunandenāhanac ca tam

Synonyms

tam — that (tree trunk); tu — but; saṅkarṣaṇaḥ — Lord Balarāma; mūrdhni — on His head; patantam — falling; acalaḥ — an unmoving mountain; yathā — like; pratijagrāha — took hold of; bala-vān — powerful; sunandena — with Sunanda, His club; ahanat — He struck; ca — and; tam — him, Dvivida.

Translation

But Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa 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.

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