Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.67.8
ఏవం దేశాన్ విప్రకుర్వన్ దూషయంశ్చ కులస్త్రియ: ।
శ్రుత్వా సులలితం గీతం గిరిం రైవతకం యయౌ ॥ ౮ ॥
evaṁ deśān viprakurvan
[evam deshaan viprakurvan]
dūṣayaṁś ca kula-striyaḥ
[dooshayamsh cha kula-striyah]
śrutvā su-lalitaṁ gītaṁ
[shrutvaa su-lalitam geetam]
giriṁ raivatakaṁ yayau
[girim raivatakam yayau]
Word-for-word
evam
—
thus
deśān
—
the various kingdoms
viprakurvan
—
disturbing
dūṣayan
—
contaminating
ca
—
and
kula
—
of respectable families
striyaḥ
—
the women
śrutvā
—
hearing
su - lalitam
—
very sweet
gītam
—
song
girim
—
to the mountain
raivatakam
—
named Raivataka
yayau
—
he went .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ deśān viprakurvan
evam
thus
deśān
the various kingdoms
viprakurvan
disturbing
dūṣayaṁś ca kula-striyaḥ
dūṣayan
contaminating
ca
and
kula
of respectable families
striyaḥ
the women
śrutvā su-lalitaṁ gītaṁ
śrutvā
hearing
su - lalitam
very sweet
gītam
song
giriṁ raivatakaṁ yayau
girim
to the mountain
raivatakam
named Raivataka
yayau
he went .
Important Words
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viprakurvan
—
harassing, troubling severely
Intensive of vi- + pra- + √kṛ. The string of present participles (viprakurvan, dūṣayan) keeps the demon's activity ongoing — and then śrutvā ("having heard") cuts it. Song stops the harm.
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kula-striyaḥ
—
women of respectable families
Compound: kula (lineage) + strī (woman). The asuric attack on kula-dharma is the Bhagavad-gītā 1.40–43 anxiety made visible. Dvivida is the very figure Arjuna feared producing through war; SB shows him already loose in the world.
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su-lalitam-gītam
—
very sweet song
Compound: su (well) + lalita (graceful, charming) + gīta (song). The song is Balarāma's; Gauḍīyas note that even asuric ears bend to nāma-saṅkīrtana-like sweetness — Ajāmila's pattern, anticipating SB 6.2.
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girim-raivatakam
—
to Raivataka Mountain
Raivataka — a hill near Dvārakā famed for Yādava pastimes. Sthāna-māhātmya: the place itself is pulled into the līlā as the stage for the slaying. Gauḍīyas insist dhāma is never inert backdrop but always participant.
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yayau
—
he went
Perfect of √yā (to go). One verb seals the demon's fate: drawn by song, he closes the distance to his executioner. Bhagavān's call works in both moods — the bhakta runs to it, the asura is pulled to it.
Once, while Dvivida was thus engaged in harassing the neighboring kingdoms and polluting women of respectable families, he heard very sweet singing coming from Raivataka Mountain. So he went there.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Once, while Dvivida was thus engaged in harassing the neighboring kingdoms and polluting women of respectable families, he heard very sweet singing coming from Raivataka Mountain. So he went there.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
He ravaged the places, doing more and more atrocious acts. Viṣṇu purāṇa says: kāma-rūpī mahā-rūpam kṛtvā sasyāny aśeṣataḥ luṭhan bhramaṇa-sammardaiḥ saṣcūrṇayati vānarah Dvivida, taking a huge form at will, looted and destroyed all the crops by going around and smashing them.
Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
Related verses
BG 15.9
BG 9.1
BG 4.8
BG 10.1
BG 18.64
BG 15.7
BG 2.62
BG 3.11
BG 10.4
BG 12.3
BG 15.2
SB 4.29.2
BG 2.21
BG 16.1
BG 9.11
BG 3.30
BG 7.1
BG 2.66
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
Analogy
Even the demon's ear cannot resist su-lalitam gītam — sweet song from Raivataka pulls him uphill against his own malice. Bhagavān's līlā has gravity; what comes for harm sometimes arrives within range of mercy.
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