SB 10.67.8 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.67.8

एवं देशान् विप्रकुर्वन् दूषयंश्च कुलस्‍त्रिय: । श्रुत्वा सुललितं गीतं गिरिं रैवतकं ययौ ॥ ८ ॥

evaṁ deśān viprakurvan

[evam deshaan viprakurvan]

dūṣayaṁś ca kula-striyaḥ

[dooshayamsh cha kula-striyah]

śrutvā su-lalitaṁ gītaṁ

[shrutvaa su-lalitam geetam]

giriṁ raivatakaṁ yayau

[girim raivatakam yayau]

Word-for-word

evam — thus deśān — the various kingdoms viprakurvan — disturbing dūṣayan — contaminating ca — and kula — of respectable families striyaḥ — the women śrutvā — hearing su - lalitam — very sweet gītam — song girim — to the mountain raivatakam — named Raivataka yayau — he went .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

evaṁ deśān viprakurvan

evam

thus

deśān

the various kingdoms

viprakurvan

disturbing

dūṣayaṁś ca kula-striyaḥ

dūṣayan

contaminating

and

kula

of respectable families

striyaḥ

the women

śrutvā su-lalitaṁ gītaṁ

śrutvā

hearing

su - lalitam

very sweet

gītam

song

giriṁ raivatakaṁ yayau

girim

to the mountain

raivatakam

named Raivataka

yayau

he went .

Important Words

viprakurvan — harassing, troubling severely
Intensive of vi- + pra- + √kṛ. The string of present participles (viprakurvan, dūṣayan) keeps the demon's activity ongoing — and then śrutvā ("having heard") cuts it. Song stops the harm.
kula-striyaḥ — women of respectable families
Compound: kula (lineage) + strī (woman). The asuric attack on kula-dharma is the Bhagavad-gītā 1.40–43 anxiety made visible. Dvivida is the very figure Arjuna feared producing through war; SB shows him already loose in the world.
su-lalitam-gītam — very sweet song
Compound: su (well) + lalita (graceful, charming) + gīta (song). The song is Balarāma's; Gauḍīyas note that even asuric ears bend to nāma-saṅkīrtana-like sweetness — Ajāmila's pattern, anticipating SB 6.2.
girim-raivatakam — to Raivataka Mountain
Raivataka — a hill near Dvārakā famed for Yādava pastimes. Sthāna-māhātmya: the place itself is pulled into the līlā as the stage for the slaying. Gauḍīyas insist dhāma is never inert backdrop but always participant.
yayau — he went
Perfect of √yā (to go). One verb seals the demon's fate: drawn by song, he closes the distance to his executioner. Bhagavān's call works in both moods — the bhakta runs to it, the asura is pulled to it.

Once, while Dvivida was thus engaged in harassing the neighboring kingdoms and polluting women of respectable families, he heard very sweet singing coming from Raivataka Mountain. So he went there.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Once, while Dvivida was thus engaged in harassing the neighboring kingdoms and polluting women of respectable families, he heard very sweet singing coming from Raivataka Mountain. So he went there.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

He ravaged the places, doing more and more atrocious acts. Viṣṇu purāṇa says: kāma-rūpī mahā-rūpam kṛtvā sasyāny aśeṣataḥ luṭhan bhramaṇa-sammardaiḥ sañcūrṇayati vānarah Dvivida, taking a huge form at will, looted and destroyed all the crops by going around and smashing them.

Related values & verses

Related values

Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

While Dvivida ravages, he hears Balarāma's sweet song from a nearby mountain. Even the wicked are within earshot of grace — divine song travels into every dark cave.

Reflection Questions

What divine 'song' is reaching me right now that I am ignoring?
Where in my life does grace persistently arrive even though I keep destroying?

Analogy

Even the demon's ear cannot resist su-lalitam gītam — sweet song from Raivataka pulls him uphill against his own malice. Bhagavān's līlā has gravity; what comes for harm sometimes arrives within range of mercy.

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