Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.67.25
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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yādava-indraḥ
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the lord of the Yādavas
Compound: Yādava (the dynasty) + indra (chief). Title-form parallel to kapi-īśvara of v.24, so the two stand grammatically face-to-face one last time. The encounter is between titled equals on the surface, asymmetric in essence.
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tyaktvā-muṣala-lāṅgale
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throwing aside His club and plow
Tyaktvā (absolutive of √tyaj, having abandoned) + muṣala (club) + lāṅgala (plow). The Lord chooses bare-hand combat — Gauḍīyas read this as a sign of intimacy with the act, like a kṣatriya-father correcting his own son personally, not delegating.
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dorbhyām
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with both arms
Instrumental dual of dor (arm). Echoes v.5 — Dvivida churned the ocean dorbhyām; now Bhagavān strikes him dorbhyām. The same word-shape closes the demon's career with the same instrument that opened it.
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jatrau-abhyardayat
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He hammered upon the collarbone
Locative jatru (collarbone) + imperfect of abhi- + √ṛd (to crush, harm). The jatru is the structural keystone of the upper body; one blow there ends the body's coherence. Anatomical precision is part of the Lord's mercy — the asura suffers minimally.
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rudhiram-vaman
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vomiting blood
Present participle of √vam (to vomit) + rudhira (blood). The asura's interior comes out — the same body that hoarded violence now empties itself. Gauḍīyas note: even the demon's death is a kind of forced purgation by Bhagavān's hand.
In Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “This time Lord Balarāma became most angry. Since the gorilla was striking Him with his hands, Lord Balarāma would not strike him back with His own weapons, the club or the plow. Simply with His fists He began to strike the collarbone of the gorilla. This striking proved to be fatal to Dvivida.”
Balarama threw aside his plough and pestle because it was only proper to fight without weapons with Dvivida who was now weaponless. He struck Dvivida on the collar bone (jatru).
Balarāma gave up his pestle and plough since Dvivida had no weapons to fight with. This was the proper code. Using his fists, he put Dvivida in complete pain (abhy—ardayat). The form ardayat instead of ārdayat is poetic license. Dvivida (saḥ) then fell down, vomiting blood.
Balarāma would kill Dvivida for the benefit of the Yadus (yādavendraḥ). Angry, he gave up his weapons because it was proper to fight a person with no weapons by not using weapons. Making it a just battle, he gave great pain to Dvivida with his arms and fists. Dvivida (saḥ) collapsed.
The Lord puts down club and plow — the formal weapons — and finishes the demon with His bare hand. The verse signals what Gauḍīyas treasure: Bhagavān's body is itself the weapon; nothing additional is required. One blow to the collarbone and the asura's career ends.
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