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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.44.24-25

తథైవ ముష్టిక: పూర్వం స్వముష్ట్యాభిహతేన వై । బలభద్రేణ బలినా తలేనాభిహతో భృశమ్ ॥ ౨౪ ॥ ప్రవేపిత: స రుధిరముద్వమన్ ముఖతోఽర్దిత: । వ్యసు: పపాతోర్వ్యుపస్థే వాతాహత ఇవాఙ్‍‍‍‍‍ఘ్రిప: ॥ ౨౫ ॥
tathaiva muṣṭikaḥ pūrvaṁ
[tathaiva mushtikah poorvam]
sva-muṣṭyābhihatena vai
[sva-mushtyaabhihatena vai]
balabhadreṇa balinā
[balabhadrena balinaa]
talenābhihato bhṛśam
[talenaabhihato bhrisham]
pravepitaḥ sa rudhiram
[pravepitah sa rudhiram]
udvaman mukhato ’rditaḥ
[udvaman mukhato ’rditah]
vyasuḥ papātorvy-upasthe
[vyasuh papaatorvy-upasthe]
vātāhata ivāṅghripaḥ
[vaataahata ivaanghripah]
Word-for-word
tathā — also eva — similarly muṣṭikaḥ — Muṣṭika pūrvam — previously sva - muṣṭyā — with his fist abhihatena — who had been struck vai — indeed balabhadreṇa — by Lord Balarāma balinā — the powerful talena — with His palm abhihataḥ — struck bhṛśam — violently pravepitaḥ — trembling saḥ — he, Muṣṭika rudhiram — blood udvaman — vomiting mukhataḥ — from his mouth arditaḥ — tormented vyasuḥ — lifeless papāta — he fell urvī — of the earth upasthe — onto the lap vāta — by the wind āhataḥ — struck down iva — like aṅghripaḥ — a tree .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tathaiva muṣṭikaḥ pūrvaṁ
tathā
also
eva
similarly
muṣṭikaḥ
Muṣṭika
pūrvam
previously
sva-muṣṭyābhihatena vai
sva - muṣṭyā
with his fist
abhihatena
who had been struck
vai
indeed
balabhadreṇa balinā
balabhadreṇa
by Lord Balarāma
balinā
the powerful
talenābhihato bhṛśam
talena
with His palm
abhihataḥ
struck
bhṛśam
violently
pravepitaḥ sa rudhiram
pravepitaḥ
trembling
saḥ
he, Muṣṭika
rudhiram
blood
udvaman mukhato ’rditaḥ
udvaman
vomiting
mukhataḥ
from his mouth
arditaḥ
tormented
vyasuḥ papātorvy-upasthe
vyasuḥ
lifeless
papāta
he fell
urvī
of the earth
upasthe
onto the lap
vātāhata ivāṅghripaḥ
vāta
by the wind
āhataḥ
struck down
iva
like
aṅghripaḥ
a tree .
Important Words
  • talena — with the palm
    Instrumental of tala — the open palm. Balarāma does not need a fist; an open palm is enough. Cf. talāṅka — Balarāma's flag bears the palm-tree (tāla) emblem; the palm is His signature.
  • rudhiram udvaman — vomiting blood
    Compound clause: rudhira (blood) + ud + √vam (to vomit up). The classical Bhāgavata sign of fatal internal injury — used also of Pūtanā (SB 10.6) and of Kaṁsa's brothers (this chapter). Demoniac death has a consistent vocabulary.
  • aṅghripaḥ — a tree (lit. 'foot-drinker')
    Compound: aṅghri (foot, root) + pa (drinker). The Sanskrit poetic term for tree — that which drinks through its feet. The verse's simile (vāta-āhataḥ aṅghripaḥ — 'a tree felled by the wind') is the classical figure for sudden death: a tree that looked rooted, dropped by air. The wrestler's ground turns out to have been the Lord's tolerance.
  • balabhadreṇa — by Balabhadra (Balarāma)
    Name-compound: bala (strength) + bhadra (auspicious). The strength-giver, the auspicious-strong. The wrestler whose name is Muṣṭika (fist) is killed by the Lord whose name is Strength-Itself. The naming is theological.
Similarly, Muṣṭika struck Lord Balabhadra with his fist and was slain. Receiving a violent blow from the mighty Lord’s palm, the demon trembled all over in great pain, vomited blood and then fell lifeless onto the ground, like a tree blown down by the wind.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Similarly, Muṣṭika struck Lord Balabhadra with his fist and was slain. Receiving a violent blow from the mighty Lord's palm, the demon trembled all over in great pain, vomited blood and then fell lifeless onto the ground, like a tree blown down by the wind.
Commentary

Balarama struch Mustika with his palm and mustka fell on the earth (uvi upasthe). Also Balarama crushed him with his embrace and uttered foul words as he lay dying.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Muṣṭika struck Balarāma with his fist, but was then struck by Balarāma’s strong palm. Balabhadram balocchrayāt: he was called Balarāma because of his great power. (SB 10.2.13) He was strong by nature. He struck Muṣṭika with the palm of his hand, which displayed that power (balinā). Cāṇūra was compared to a flag staff falling since he fell from high up. Muṣṭika fell while standing on the earth, and is thus compared to a tree falling over in the wind.

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Analogy

Muṣṭika strikes Balarāma with his fist, and Balarāma returns one open-palm slap — and the wrestler trembles, vomits blood, and falls like a tree in a high wind. The slap-and-tree image is the Bhāgavatam's wry way of saying: against Bhagavān's expansion, even the strongest wrestler is simply weather-struck timber.

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