SB 10.67.13 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.67.13

ता हेलयामास कपिर्भ्रूक्षेपैर्सम्मुखादिभि: । दर्शयन् स्वगुदं तासां रामस्य च निरीक्षित: ॥ १३ ॥

tā helayām āsa kapir

[taa helayaam aasa kapir]

bhrū-kṣepair sammukhādibhiḥ

[bhroo-kshepair sammukhaadibhih]

darśayan sva-gudaṁ tāsāṁ

[darshayan sva-gudam taasaam]

rāmasya ca nirīkṣitaḥ

[raamasya cha nireekshitah]

Word-for-word

tāḥ — them (the girls) helayām āsa — ridiculed kapiḥ — the ape bhrū — of his eyebrows kṣepaiḥ — with odd gestures sammukha — by standing right in front of them ādibhiḥ — and so on darśayan — showing sva — his gudam — anus tāsām — to them rāmasya — as Lord Balarāma ca — and nirīkṣitaḥ — was watching .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tā helayām āsa kapir

tāḥ

them (the girls)

helayām āsa

ridiculed

kapiḥ

the ape

bhrū-kṣepair sammukhādibhiḥ

bhrū

of his eyebrows

kṣepaiḥ

with odd gestures

sammukha

by standing right in front of them

ādibhiḥ

and so on

darśayan sva-gudaṁ tāsāṁ

darśayan

showing

sva

his

gudam

anus

tāsām

to them

rāmasya ca nirīkṣitaḥ

rāmasya

as Lord Balarāma

and

nirīkṣitaḥ

was watching .

Important Words

helayām āsa — he ridiculed
Periphrastic perfect of √hīḍ/helāy (to slight, treat with contempt). Helā as a rasa-term means deliberate, performed slighting. The asura does not insult by accident; he stages it.
bhrū-kṣepaiḥ — with eyebrow-gestures
Compound: bhrū (eyebrow) + kṣepa (a flinging, a movement). Nāṭyaśāstra catalogs eyebrow-movements as legitimate abhinaya; the demon parodies the form. Even his obscenity is a corruption of a Vedic art.
sva-gudam — his anus
Compound: sva (own) + guda (anus). Maximally crude display, the polar opposite of the puṣkara-mālā Balarāma wears (v.9). SB names the obscenity flatly so the contrast cannot be missed.
nirīkṣitaḥ — being watched (by Balarāma)
Past participle of nir- + √īkṣ (to look closely). The Lord's nirīkṣaṇa (steady gaze) is itself part of the līlā; the asura performs because He is watching, and that gaze is what guarantees the outcome.
sammukha — right in front
Sam- (together) + mukha (face). Face-to-face provocation. Gauḍīyas note that even the asura's confrontation is sammukha — he stands face-to-face with Bhagavān, a posture that, given to a devotee, is the highest darśana.

Even as Lord Balarāma looked on, Dvivida insulted the girls by making odd gestures with his eyebrows, coming right in front of them, and showing them his anus.

Purport

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “The gorilla was so rude that even in the presence of Balarāma he began to show the lower part of his body to the women, and sometimes he would come forward to show his teeth while moving his eyebrows.” Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī states that Dvivida would come right up to the women and move about, urinate and so on.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Even as Lord Balarāma looked on, Dvivida insulted the girls by making odd gestures with his eyebrows, coming right in front of them, and showing them his anus.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

He insulted them with various expressions on his face and by moving his eyebrows.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

He insulted them by coming close, making faces, or showing his face, while make various gestures (sammukhādibhiḥ). Ādibhiḥ indicates showing his teeth and making noises, while Balarāma looked on.

Related values & verses

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

Dvivida insults the girls with gestures — assault dressed as a joke. Disrespect of devotees is one of the surest signs of demonic mind, even when smiling.

Reflection Questions

When have I disrespected someone holy under cover of humor?
Where do I let 'just a joke' do real harm to people who serve God?

Analogy

There is a level of insult that asks to be answered — eyebrow-jerks, anal display, all done where the Lord is watching. The verse names rāmasya nirīkṣitaḥ: "as Balarāma was looking on." Asuric provocation knows exactly Whose eye it wants to catch.

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