श्रीशुक उवाच ।
नरकस्य सखा कश्चिद्द्विविदो नाम वानरः ।
सुग्रीवसचिवः सोऽथ भ्राता मैन्दस्य वीर्यवान् ॥ २॥
सख्युः सोऽपचितिं कुर्वन् वानरो राष्ट्रविप्लवम् ।
पुरग्रामाकरान् घोषानदहद्वह्निमुत्सृजन् ॥ ३॥
क्वचित्स शैलानुत्पाट्य तैर्देशान् समचूर्णयत् ।
आनर्तान् सुतरामेव यत्रास्ते मित्रहा हरिः ॥ ४॥
क्वचित्समुद्रमध्यस्थो दोर्भ्यामुत्क्षिप्य तज्जलम् ।
देशान् नागायुतप्राणो वेलाकूलानमज्जयत् ॥ ५॥
आश्रमान् ऋषिमुख्यानां कृत्वा भग्नवनस्पतीन् ।
अदूषयच्छकृन्मूत्रैरग्नीन् वैतानिकान् खलः ॥ ६॥
पुरुषान् योषितो दृप्तः क्ष्माभृद्द्रोणीगुहासु सः ।
निक्षिप्य चाप्यधाच्छैलैः पेशस्कारीव कीटकम् ॥ ७॥
एवं देशान् विप्रकुर्वन् दूषयंश्च कुलस्त्रियः ।
श्रुत्वा सुललितं गीतं गिरिं रैवतकं ययौ ॥ ८॥
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Śrī Śuka replied : There was a certain monkey, Dwivida by name. He was a friend of Naraka, a counsellor of Sugriva and the powerful brother of Mainda. (2)
He made havoc of the country by setting fire to and burning towns, villages, mines and cowherds' stations with a view to clearing his debt to his friend (by wreaking vengeance on his enemy). (3)
Sometimes he pulled out hills and smashed with them whole territories, especially the territory of Ānarta, where lived Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Slayer of his friend. (4)
Possessing (as he did) the strength of ten thousand elephants, the monkey now and then took his stand in mid-ocean and splashed such a volume of water with his hands as to submerge the territories adjoining the shore. (5)
The villain used to knock down trees in the hermitages of great sages and profaned their sacrificial fires with his excrement and urine. (6)
Just as a wasp imprisons the larva, even so the power-intoxicated monkey threw men and women into the valleys and caves of mountains and blocked their mouths with (huge) rocks. (7)
Thus he made havoc of the entire land, and (what is more) defiled even high-born women. (On a certain day,) hearing very sweet music, he went to the Raivataka hill. (8) (2-8)
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तत्रापश्यद्यदुपतिं रामं पुष्करमालिनम् ।
सुदर्शनीयसर्वाङ्गं ललनायूथमध्यगम् ॥ ९॥
गायन्तं वारुणीं पीत्वा मदविह्वललोचनम् ।
विभ्राजमानं वपुषा प्रभिन्नमिव वारणम् ॥ १०॥
दुष्टः शाखामृगः शाखामारूढः कम्पयन् द्रुमान् ।
चक्रे किलकिलाशब्दमात्मानं सम्प्रदर्शयन् ॥ ११॥
तस्य धार्ष्ट्यं कपेर्वीक्ष्य तरुण्यो जातिचापलाः ।
हास्यप्रिया विजहसुर्बलदेवपरिग्रहाः ॥ १२॥
ता हेलयामास कपिर्भ्रूक्षेपैः सम्मुखादिभिः ।
दर्शयन् स्वगुदं तासां रामस्य च निरीक्षतः ॥ १३॥
तं ग्राव्णा प्राहरत्क्रुद्धो बलः प्रहरतां वरः ।
स वञ्चयित्वा ग्रावाणं मदिराकलशं कपिः ॥ १४॥
गृहीत्वा हेलयामास धूर्तस्तं कोपयन् हसन् ।
निर्भिद्य कलशं दुष्टो वासांस्यास्फालयद्बलम् ॥ १५॥
कदर्थीकृत्य बलवान् विप्रचक्रे मदोद्धतः ।
तं तस्याविनयं दृष्ट्वा देशांश्च तदुपद्रुतान् ॥ १६॥
क्रुद्धो मुसलमादत्त हलं चारिजिघांसया ।
द्विविदोऽपि महावीर्यः सालमुद्यम्य पाणिना ॥ १७॥
अभ्येत्य तरसा तेन बलं मूर्धन्यताडयत् ।
तं तु सङ्कर्षणो मूर्ध्नि पतन्तमचलो यथा ॥ १८॥
प्रतिजग्राह बलवान् सुनन्देनाहनच्च तम् ।
मुसलाहतमस्तिष्को विरेजे रक्तधारया ॥ १९॥
गिरिर्यथा गैरिकया प्रहारं नानुचिन्तयन् ।
पुनरन्यं समुत्क्षिप्य कृत्वा निष्पत्रमोजसा ॥ २०॥
तेनाहनत्सुसङ्क्रुद्धस्तं बलः शतधाच्छिनत् ।
ततोऽन्येन रुषा जघ्ने तं चापि शतधाच्छिनत् ॥ २१॥
एवं युध्यन् भगवता भग्ने भग्ने पुनः पुनः ।
आकृष्य सर्वतो वृक्षान् निर्वृक्षमकरोद्वनम् ॥ २२॥
ततोऽमुञ्चच्छिलावर्षं बलस्योपर्यमर्षितः ।
तत्सर्वं चूर्णयामास लीलया मुसलायुधः ॥ २३॥
स बाहू तालसङ्काशौ मुष्टीकृत्य कपीश्वरः ।
आसाद्य रोहिणीपुत्रं ताभ्यां वक्षस्यरूरुजत् ॥ २४॥
यादवेन्द्रोऽपि तं दोर्भ्यां त्यक्त्वा मुसललाङ्गले ।
जत्रावभ्यर्दयत्क्रुद्धः सोऽपतद्रुधिरं वमन् ॥ २५॥
चकम्पे तेन पतता सटङ्कः सवनस्पतिः ।
पर्वतः कुरुशार्दूल वायुना नौरिवाम्भसि ॥ २६॥
जयशब्दो नमः शब्दः साधु साध्विति चाम्बरे ।
सुरसिद्धमुनीन्द्राणामासीत्कुसुमवर्षिणाम् ॥ २७॥
एवं निहत्य द्विविदं जगद्व्यतिकरावहम् ।
संस्तूयमानो भगवान् जनैः स्वपुरमाविशत् ॥ २८॥
इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां
संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे उत्तरार्धे द्विविधवधो
नाम सप्तषष्टितमोऽध्यायः ॥ ६७॥
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There he saw Balarāma, the protector of the Yadus, most charming in every limb and decked with a garland of lotuses, standing in the midst of a bevy of young girls. (9)
Drunk with Vāruṇī, He was singing (beautifully) with eyes swimming in intoxication and with His glowing body looked like an elephant in rut. (10)
Climbing up branches of trees the wicked monkey shook the trees and in order to attract notice loudly chattered. (11)
Observing the impudence on the part of that monkey, the young girls, who were fond of fun and sportive by nature, loudly laughed. Being under the protection of Śrī Balarāma, they had no fear. (12)
Under the very eyes of Balarāma the monkey began to insult the girls by twisting his eyebrows, making wry faces and showing them his hind part. (13)
Full of rage, Balarāma, the foremost of warriors, hit him with a slab of stone; the crafty monkey (however) evaded it and (hastily coming down the tree) took up the pot of Vāruṇī and defied Balarāma by grinning at him and provoking him (thereby). The wicked monkey then smashed the pot of Vāruṇī, tore the clothes of the women and caused (infinite) annoyance to Śrī Balarāma and, puffed up with pride, showed disrespect to Him. Observing such defiant attitude of his and remembering how he made havoc of the country, Balarāma got enraged and took up (His weapons) the pestle and plough with intent to kill him. Dwivida also, being very powerful, lifted up a sal tree with one hand and rushing with (great) vehemence, hit Balarāma with it on His head. The mighty Balarāma, however, remained immovable like a rock and, holding up with one hand the tree even as it came flying towards his head, struck the monkey with His pestle called Sunanda. With his brain crushed by the pestle and covered with a stream of blood, Dwivida shone like a mountain covered with a solution of red chalk. But, unmindful of the stroke, he in extreme rage pulled out yet another tree and, removing all its leaves, hit Balarāma with it violently. Balarāma split the tree into a hundred pieces. The monkey struck Balarāma with another in great rage; but the latter split that too into a hundred pieces. (14—21)
Thus he fought on. Each time a tree was smashed (by Balarāma), the monkey pulled out another. (Thus) uprooting the trees (one by one) he denuded the forest of its trees on all sides. (22)
The enraged monkey thereupon began to rain slabs of stone on Balarāma; but these also the latter, as a matter of sport, reduced to powder with His pestle. (23)
(Finally) clenching his arms, which were as long as a palm tree, the great monkey went up to Balarāma and struck Him on the chest with both his fists. (24)
(Thereupon) the Lord of the Yadus set aside His pestle and plough and, full of rage, hit him with both His hands on the collar-bone, and the latter fell down (dead) vomiting blood. (25)
Parikṣit, like a ship rocking in water through the action of wind, the (whole) mountain with its peaks and trees shook as the monkey fell. (26)
In the heavens the gods raised shouts of victory, the Siddhas uttered greetings and great sages loudly said, 'Well done, Well done!' and they all showered flowers on Balarāma. (27)
Having thus put an end to Dwivida, who had been desolating the land, Lord Balarāma returned to Dvārakā (His own city) amidst the praises and acclamations of the people. (28)
Thus ends the sixty-seventh discourse entitled "Dwivida killed (by Balarāma)," in the latter half of Book Ten of the great and glorious Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Sarhhitā. (9-28)
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