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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.77.5

एवं यदूनां शाल्वानां निघ्नतामितरेतरम् । युद्धं त्रिनवरात्रं तदभूत्तुमुलमुल्बणम् ॥ ५ ॥
evaṁ yadūnāṁ śālvānāṁ
[evam yadoonaam shaalvaanaam]
nighnatām itaretaram
[nighnataam itaretaram]
yuddhaṁ tri-nava-rātraṁ tad
[yuddham tri-nava-raatram tad]
abhūt tumulam ulbaṇam
[abhoot tumulam ulbanam]
Word-for-word
evam — thus yadūnām — of the Yadus śālvānām — and the followers of Śālva nighnatām — striking itara - itaram — one another yuddham — fight tri — three times nava — nine rātram — for nights tat — that abhūt — was tumulam — tumultuous ulbaṇam — fearsome .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ yadūnāṁ śālvānāṁ
evam
thus
yadūnām
of the Yadus
śālvānām
and the followers of Śālva
nighnatām itaretaram
nighnatām
striking
itara - itaram
one another
yuddhaṁ tri-nava-rātraṁ tad
yuddham
fight
tri
three times
nava
nine
rātram
for nights
tat
that
abhūt tumulam ulbaṇam
abhūt
was
tumulam
tumultuous
ulbaṇam
fearsome .
Important Words
  • tri-nava-rātram — for thrice-nine nights
    Compound: tri (three) + nava (nine) + rātra (night). Twenty-seven — the count of nakṣatras, suggesting a complete cycle of time. The battle exhausts a full sidereal round before the Lord Himself arrives to conclude it.
  • tumulam — tumultuous
    From √tum — uproarious, swelling. The Bhāgavatam's standard word for righteous battle-noise; Gauḍīyas note that even in such tumult Kṛṣṇa's name and smile remain present in the field, since His associates are fighting on His behalf.
  • ulbaṇam — fearsome
    Intense, dreadful. The text does not soften the duration or the dread — devotional realism: the Yadus' war against Śālva is not made trivial because Kṛṣṇa is its silent center.
As the Yadus and Śālva’s followers thus went on attacking one another, the tumultuous, fearsome battle continued for twenty-seven days and nights.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
As the Yadus and Śālva's followers thus went on attacking one another, the tumultuous, fearsome battle continued for twenty-seven days and nights.
Commentary

They fought for twenty seven (three times nine) days and nights.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The fight lasted twenty-seven days.

Related values & verses
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
The battle continued twenty-seven days and nights. Some battles are not won in one round; endurance is part of victory. The Lord's people stay until the work is done.
Reflection Questions
  • What twenty-seven-day patience does my current struggle require?
  • Where am I expecting an outcome too fast?
Analogy

Twenty-seven days and nights, the duel sways back and forth, tumultuous and terrible. Real spiritual battles are rarely won in a single dramatic stroke; bhakti is a long siege in which the devotee, like the Yadus, simply refuses to leave the field while māyā keeps refilling its ranks.

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Source: vedabase.io

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