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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.44.19

తైస్తైర్నియుద్ధవిధిభిర్వివిధైరచ్యుతేతరౌ । యుయుధాతే యథాన్యోన్యం తథైవ బలముష్టికౌ ॥ ౧౯ ॥
tais tair niyuddha-vidhibhir
[tais tair niyuddha-vidhibhir]
vividhair acyutetarau
[vividhair achyutetarau]
yuyudhāte yathānyonyaṁ
[yuyudhaate yathaanyonyam]
tathaiva bala-muṣṭikau
[tathaiva bala-mushtikau]
Word-for-word
taiḥ taiḥ — with all these niyuddha — of wrestling vidhibhiḥ — techniques vividhaiḥ — various acyuta - itarau — Lord Acyuta and His opponent yuyudhāte — fought yathā — as anyonyam — with each other tathā eva — just so bala - muṣṭikau — Lord Balarāma and Muṣṭika .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tais tair niyuddha-vidhibhir
taiḥ taiḥ
with all these
niyuddha
of wrestling
vidhibhiḥ
techniques
vividhair acyutetarau
vividhaiḥ
various
acyuta - itarau
Lord Acyuta and His opponent
yuyudhāte yathānyonyaṁ
yuyudhāte
fought
yathā
as
anyonyam
with each other
tathaiva bala-muṣṭikau
tathā eva
just so
bala - muṣṭikau
Lord Balarāma and Muṣṭika .
Important Words
  • niyuddha — wrestling, close combat
    Compound: ni (down, intensive) + yuddha (battle). Specifically grappling combat — fists and limbs, not weapons. The Bhāgavatam uses the precise term: the demons get the kind of fight they trained for.
  • vidhibhiḥ — by techniques
    Plural instrumental of vidhi. The wrestling traditions of the period had codified techniques — the verse acknowledges them. The Lord meets the demon inside the demon's own discipline.
  • acyuta - itarau — the two who are other than the infallible one
    Compound: acyuta (Kṛṣṇa) + itara (other). The poet names them by negation — Balarāma and Muṣṭika are 'the not-Kṛṣṇas'. Even in this minor verse, the chapter's center is Kṛṣṇa; everyone else is positioned in relation.
  • yathā — just as
    The śāstric correlative — paired with tathā eva in this verse. The grammar explicitly mirrors verses 2-5: Balarāma's fight is parallel to Kṛṣṇa's. The parallelism is doctrinal: Saṅkarṣaṇa shadows Vāsudeva move for move.
Lord Balarāma and Muṣṭika, expertly displaying numerous wrestling techniques, battled each other in the same way that Lord Kṛṣṇa and His opponent did.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Lord Balarāma and Muṣṭika, expertly displaying numerous wrestling techniques, battled each other in the same way that Lord Kṛṣṇa and His opponent did.
Commentary

Just as Krsna and Canura (krsnetarau) fought with each, so Balarama fought with Mustika.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The fight is again described. They fought as explained previously. Taiḥ is repeated to show the astonishing nature of the fight. They fought similar to Kṛṣṇa and Cāṇūra. Thus Camera’s skill is indicated. There would be no thrill in the pastime if he were unqualified. The necessary actions were arranged by the līlā-śakti. Instead of ubhau cānura-keśavau sometimes vividhair acyutetarau is seen.

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BG 9.1 BG 4.8 BG 15.20 BG 15.7 BG 2.62 BG 3.11 BG 15.2 BG 12.3 BG 16.1 BG 3.19 BG 3.30 BG 7.1 BG 2.66 BG 12.5
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Analogy

Balarāma and Muṣṭika lock in matched combat, expert against expert. The verse names the symmetry only to set up the asymmetry of the next two verses: the wrestler is at his ceiling, the Lord is not yet using His floor.

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