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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.67.25

యాదవేన్ద్రోఽపి తం దోర్భ్యాం త్యక్త్వా ముషలలాఙ్గలే । జత్రావభ్యర్దయత్క్రుద్ధ: సోఽపతద్ రుధిరం వమన్ ॥ ౨౫ ॥
yādavendro ’pi taṁ dorbhyāṁ
[yaadavendro ’pi tam dorbhyaam]
tyaktvā muṣala-lāṅgale
[tyaktvaa mushala-laangale]
jatrāv abhyardayat kruddhaḥ
[jatraav abhyardayat kruddhah]
so ’patad rudhiraṁ vaman
[so ’patad rudhiram vaman]
yādava - indraḥ — Balarāma, the Lord of the Yādavas api — and tam — him dorbhyām — with His hands tyaktvā — throwing aside muṣala - lāṅgale — His club and plow jatrau — on the collarbone abhyardayat — hammered kruddhaḥ — angry saḥ — he, Dvivida apatat — fell rudhiram — blood vaman — vomiting .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yādavendro ’pi taṁ dorbhyāṁ
yādava - indraḥ
Balarāma, the Lord of the Yādavas
api
and
tam
him
dorbhyām
with His hands
tyaktvā muṣala-lāṅgale
tyaktvā
throwing aside
muṣala - lāṅgale
His club and plow
jatrāv abhyardayat kruddhaḥ
jatrau
on the collarbone
abhyardayat
hammered
kruddhaḥ
angry
saḥ
he, Dvivida
apatat
fell
so ’patad rudhiraṁ vaman
rudhiram
blood
vaman
vomiting .
  • yādava-indraḥ — 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.
  • tyaktvā-muṣala-lāṅgale — 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.
  • dorbhyām — 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.
  • jatrau-abhyardayat — 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.
  • rudhiram-vaman — 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.
The furious Lord of the Yādavas then threw aside His club and plow and with His bare hands hammered a blow upon Dvivida’s collarbone. The ape collapsed, vomiting blood.

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.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The furious Lord of the Yādavas then threw aside His club and plow and with His bare hands hammered a blow upon Dvivida's collarbone. The ape collapsed, vomiting blood.
Commentary

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).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

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.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

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.

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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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