SB 10.77.5 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.77.5

ఏవం యదూనాం శాల్వానాం నిఘ్నతామితరేతరమ్ । యుద్ధం త్రినవరాత్రం తదభూత్తుములముల్బణమ్ ॥ ౫ ॥

evaṁ yadūnāṁ śālvānāṁ

[evam yadoonaam shaalvaanaam]

nighnatām itaretaram

[nighnataam itaretaram]

yuddhaṁ tri-nava-rātraṁ tad

[yuddham tri-nava-raatram tad]

abhūt tumulam ulbaṇam

[abhoot tumulam ulbanam]

Word-for-word

evam — thus yadūnām — of the Yadus śālvānām — and the followers of Śālva nighnatām — striking itara - itaram — one another yuddham — fight tri — three times nava — nine rātram — for nights tat — that abhūt — was tumulam — tumultuous ulbaṇam — fearsome .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

evaṁ yadūnāṁ śālvānāṁ

evam

thus

yadūnām

of the Yadus

śālvānām

and the followers of Śālva

nighnatām itaretaram

nighnatām

striking

itara - itaram

one another

yuddhaṁ tri-nava-rātraṁ tad

yuddham

fight

tri

three times

nava

nine

rātram

for nights

tat

that

abhūt tumulam ulbaṇam

abhūt

was

tumulam

tumultuous

ulbaṇam

fearsome .

Important Words

tri-nava-rātram — for thrice-nine nights
Compound: tri (three) + nava (nine) + rātra (night). Twenty-seven — the count of nakṣatras, suggesting a complete cycle of time. The battle exhausts a full sidereal round before the Lord Himself arrives to conclude it.
tumulam — tumultuous
From √tum — uproarious, swelling. The Bhāgavatam's standard word for righteous battle-noise; Gauḍīyas note that even in such tumult Kṛṣṇa's name and smile remain present in the field, since His associates are fighting on His behalf.
ulbaṇam — fearsome
Intense, dreadful. The text does not soften the duration or the dread — devotional realism: the Yadus' war against Śālva is not made trivial because Kṛṣṇa is its silent center.

As the Yadus and Śālva’s followers thus went on attacking one another, the tumultuous, fearsome battle continued for twenty-seven days and nights.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

As the Yadus and Śālva's followers thus went on attacking one another, the tumultuous, fearsome battle continued for twenty-seven days and nights.

Commentary

They fought for twenty seven (three times nine) days and nights.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

The fight lasted twenty-seven days.

Related values & verses

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

Analogy

Twenty-seven days and nights, the duel sways back and forth, tumultuous and terrible. Real spiritual battles are rarely won in a single dramatic stroke; bhakti is a long siege in which the devotee, like the Yadus, simply refuses to leave the field while māyā keeps refilling its ranks.

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