Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.18.29
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గిరిర్యథా మఘవత ఆయుధాహత: ॥ ౨౯ ॥
sa āhataḥ sapadi viśīrṇa-mastako
[sa aahatah sapadi visheerna-mastako]
mukhād vaman rudhiram apasmṛto ’suraḥ
[mukhaad vaman rudhiram apasmrito ’surah]
mahā-ravaṁ vyasur apatat samīrayan
[mahaa-ravam vyasur apatat sameerayan]
girir yathā maghavata āyudhāhataḥ
[girir yathaa maghavata aayudhaahatah]
Word-for-word
saḥ
—
he, Pralambāsura
āhataḥ
—
struck
sapadi
—
at once
viśīrṇa
—
split
mastakaḥ
—
his head
mukhāt
—
from his mouth
vaman
—
vomiting
rudhiram
—
blood
apasmṛtaḥ
—
unconscious
asuraḥ
—
the demon
mahā - ravam
—
a great noise
vyasuḥ
—
lifeless
apatat
—
he fell
samīrayan
—
sounding
giriḥ
—
a mountain
yathā
—
as
maghavataḥ
—
of Lord Indra
āyudha
—
by the weapon
āhataḥ
—
hit .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa āhataḥ sapadi viśīrṇa-mastako
saḥ
he, Pralambāsura
āhataḥ
struck
sapadi
at once
viśīrṇa
split
mastakaḥ
his head
mukhād vaman rudhiram apasmṛto ’suraḥ
mukhāt
from his mouth
vaman
vomiting
rudhiram
blood
apasmṛtaḥ
unconscious
mahā-ravaṁ vyasur apatat samīrayan
asuraḥ
the demon
girir yathā maghavata āyudhāhataḥ
mahā - ravam
a great noise
vyasuḥ
lifeless
apatat
he fell
samīrayan
sounding
giriḥ
a mountain
yathā
as
maghavataḥ
of Lord Indra
āyudha
by the weapon
āhataḥ
hit .
Important Words
-
viśīrṇa-mastakaḥ
—
with split head
Vi+śīrṇa (split apart) + mastaka (head). The skull breaks open. Gauḍīya commentators note that the demon's head — seat of his manyamāna (calculating thinking, verse 25) — is precisely what breaks. The faulty organ is destroyed first.
-
vaman-rudhiram
—
vomiting blood
Vaman (vomiting) + rudhira (blood). A purgative image — what was inside is forced out. Gauḍīyas observe that the asura's interior poison must come out through his mouth, the same orifice that earlier offered false friendship.
-
apasmṛtaḥ
—
unconscious
Apa+smṛta — having lost smṛti. The exact inverse of Balarāma's āgata-smṛti one verse ago. The verse arranges the two as bookends: the Lord regains memory, the demon loses it.
-
vyasuḥ
—
lifeless
Vi (without) + asu (life-breath). Bereft of prāṇa. The asura's life-air departs — Gauḍīyas note that in many demon-deaths in Canto 10, the prāṇa departs upward at the moment of contact with Bhagavān, sometimes carrying the soul to liberation.
-
maghavataḥ-āyudha-āhataḥ
—
struck by the weapon of Lord Indra (Maghavān)
Maghavat (Indra, the bountiful) + āyudha (weapon, vajra) + āhata (struck). The simile compares Balarāma's bare fist to Indra's most famous weapon — the bare hand of Bhagavān is set equal to the vajra. Gauḍīya: aiśvarya is in the hand, not in the implement.
Thus smashed by Balarāma’s fist, Pralamba’s head immediately cracked open. The demon vomited blood from his mouth and lost all consciousness, and then with a great noise he fell lifeless on the ground, like a mountain devastated by Indra.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Thus smashed by Balarāma's fist, Pralamba's head immediately cracked open. The demon vomited blood from his mouth and lost all consciousness, and then with a great noise he fell lifeless on the ground, like a mountain devastated by Indra.
Commentary
The demon was fell down, as if afflicted by the disease of epilepsy (apasmrtih). As he died he let out a terrible sound.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Apasmṛtaḥ means he developed symptoms like epilepsy.
Śrīdhara Svāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Apasmṛtaḥ means he developed symptoms like epilepsy or he fainted. The huge body fell from the sky suddenly like mountain struck by Indra’s thunderbolt.
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Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
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Concepts
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Analogy
One fist undoes the demon's whole project. Bhagavān's wrath in Vraja is precise — one punch, one outcome — never excessive, never theatrical. The mountain Indra strikes falls; the demon Balarāma strikes falls. Symmetry without inflation.
My note
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