śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tataḥ — then; parvaṇi — the new-moon day; upāvṛtte — when it came; pracaṇḍaḥ — fierce; pāṁśu — dust; varṣaṇaḥ — raining; bhīmaḥ — frightening; vāyuḥ — a wind; abhūt — arose; rājan — O King (Parīkṣit); pūya — of pus; gandhaḥ — the smell; tu — and; sarvaśaḥ — all over.

tataḥ — then; amedhya — abominable things; mayam — full of; varṣam — a rain; balvalena — by Balvala; vinirmitam — produced; abhavat — occurred; yajña — of the sacrifice; śālāyām — upon the arena; saḥ — he, Balvala; anvadṛśyata — appeared after this; śūla — a trident; dhṛk — carrying.

tam — him; vilokya — seeing; bṛhat — immense; kāyam — whose body; bhinna — broken; añjana — of black eye-makeup; caya — a pile; upamam — resembling; tapta — burning; tāmra — (colored like) copper; śikhā — whose topknot; śmaśrum — and beard; daṁṣṭrā — with its teeth; ugra — fearsome; bhru — of eyebrows; kuṭī — with furrows; mukham — whose face; sasmāra — remembered; mūṣalam — His club; rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma; para — opposing; sainya — armies; vidāraṇam — which tears asunder; halam — His plow; ca — and; daitya — demons; damanam — which subdues; te — they; tūrṇam — at once; upatasthatuḥ — presented themselves.

tam — him; ākṛṣya — pulling toward Him; hala — of His plow; agreṇa — with the front end; balvalam — Balvala; gagane — in the sky; caram — who was moving; mūṣalena — with His club; ahanat — struck; kruddhaḥ — angry; mūrdhni — on the head; brahma — of brāhmaṇas; druham — the harasser; balaḥ — Lord Balarāma.

saḥ — he, Balvala; apatat — fell; bhuvi — to the ground; nirbhinna — cracked open; lalāṭaḥ — his forehead; asṛk — blood; samutsṛjan — gushing; muñcan — releasing; ārta — of agony; svaram — a sound; śailaḥ — a mountain; yathā — like; vajra — by a lightning bolt; hataḥ — struck; aruṇaḥ — reddish.

saṁstutya — sincerely praising; munayaḥ — the sages; rāmam — Lord Balarāma; prayujya — awarding; avitatha — infallible; āśiṣaḥ — benedictions; abhyaṣiñcan — ceremoniously bathed; mahā-bhāgāḥ — the great personalities; vṛtra — of Vṛtrāsura; ghnam — the killer (Lord Indra); vibudhāḥ — the demigods; yathā — as.

vaijayantīm — named Vaijayantī; daduḥ — they gave; mālām — the flower garland; śrī — of the goddess of fortune; dhāma — the abode; amlāna — unfading; paṅkajām — made of lotus flowers; rāmāya — to Lord Balarāma; vāsasī — a pair of (upper and lower) garments; divye — divine; divyāni — divine; ābharaṇāni — jewelry; ca — and.

atha — then; taiḥ — by them; abhyanujñātaḥ — given leave; kauśikīm — to the Kauśikī River; etya — coming; brāhmaṇaiḥ — with brāhmaṇas; snātvā — bathing; sarovaram — to the lake; agāt — went; yataḥ — from which; sarayūḥ — the Sarayū River; āsravat — flows out.

anu — following; srotena — its current; sarayūm — along the Sarayū; prayāgam — to Prayāga; upagamya — coming; saḥ — He; snātvā — bathing; santarpya — propitiating; deva-ādīn — the demigods and so on; jagāma — He went; pulaha-āśramam — to the hermitage of Pulaha Ṛṣi.

gomatīm — at the Gomatī River; gaṇḍakīm — the Gaṇḍakī River; snātvā — bathing; vipāśām — at the Vipāśā River; śoṇe — in the Śoṇa River; āplutaḥ — having immersed Himself; gayām — to Gayā; gatvā — going; pitṝn — His forefathers; iṣṭvā — worshiping; gaṅgā — of the Ganges; sāgara — and the ocean; saṅgame — at the confluence; upaspṛśya — touching water (bathing); mahā-indra-adrau — at the Mahendra Mountain; rāmam — Lord Paraśurāma; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; abhivādya — honoring; ca — and; sapta-godāvarīm — (going) to the convergence of the seven Godāvarīs; veṇām — the Veṇā River; pampām — the Pampā River; bhīmarathīm — and the Bhīmarathī River; tataḥ — then; skandam — Lord Skanda (Kārttikeya); dṛṣṭvā — seeing; yayau — went; rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma; śrī-śailam — to Śrī-śaila; giri-śa — of Lord Śiva; ālayam — the residence; draviḍeṣu — in the southern provinces; mahā — most; puṇyam — pious; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; adrim — the hill; veṅkaṭam — known as Veṅkaṭa (the abode of Lord Bālajī); prabhuḥ — the Supreme Lord; kāma-koṣṇīm — to Kāmakoṣṇī; purīm kāñcīm — to Kāñcīpuram; kāverīm — to the Kāverī; ca — and; sarit — of rivers; varām — the greatest; śrī-raṅga-ākhyam — known as Śrī-raṅga; mahā-puṇyam — most pious place; yatra — where; sannihitaḥ — manifested; hariḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa (in the form of Raṅganātha); ṛṣabha-adrim — the Ṛṣabha Mountain; hareḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu; kṣetram — the place; dakṣiṇām mathurām — the southern Mathurā (Madurai, the abode of Goddess Mīnākṣī); tathā — also; sāmudram — on the ocean; setum — to the bridge (Setubandha); agamat — He went; mahā — the greatest; pātaka — sins; nāśanam — which destroys.

tatra — there (at Setubandha, known also as Rāmeśvaram); ayutam — ten thousand; adāt — He gave away; dhenūḥ — cows; brahmaṇebhyaḥ — to brāhmaṇas; hala-āyudhaḥ — Lord Balarāma, whose weapon is the plow; kṛtamālām — to the Kṛtamālā River; tāmraparṇīm — the Tāmraparṇī River; malayam — Malaya; ca — and; kula-acalam — the principal mountain range; tatra — there; agastyam — to Agastya Ṛṣi; samāsīnam — sitting (in meditation); namaskṛtya — bowing down; abhivādya — glorifying; ca — and; yojitaḥ — granted; tena — by him; ca — and; āśīrbhiḥ — blessings; anujñātaḥ — given permission to leave; gataḥ — He went; arṇavam — to the ocean; dakṣiṇam — southern; tatra — there; kanyā-ākhyām — known as Kanyā-kumārī; durgām devīm — Goddess Durgā; dadarśa — saw; saḥ — He.

tataḥ — then; phālgunam — Phālguna; āsādya — reaching; pañca-apsarasam — the lake of the five Apsarās; uttamam — exalted; viṣṇuḥ — the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu; sannihitaḥ — manifested; yatra — wherein; snātvā — bathing; asparśat — He touched (as part of the ritual in giving as charity); gava — cows; ayutam — ten thousand.

tataḥ — then; abhivrajya — traveling; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; keralān — through the kingdom of Kerala; tu — and; trigartakān — Trigarta; gokarṇa-ākhyam — named Gokarṇa (on the coast of the Arabian Sea in northern Karnataka); śiva-kṣetram — the place sacred to Lord Śiva; sānnidhyam — manifestation; yatra — where; dhūrjaṭeḥ — of Lord Śiva; āryām — the honored goddess (Pārvatī, wife of Lord Śiva); dvaipa — on an island (off the coast near Gokarṇa); ayanīm — who resides; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; śūrpārakam — to the holy district of Śūrpāraka; agāt — went; balaḥ — Lord Balarāma; tāpīm payoṣṇīm nirvindhyām — to the Tāpī, Payoṣṇī and Nirvindhyā rivers; upaspṛśya — touching water; atha — next; daṇḍakam — the Daṇḍaka forest; praviśya — entering; revām — to the Revā River; agamat — He went; yatra — where; māhiṣmatī purī — the city of Māhiṣmatī; manu-tīrtham — to Manu-tīrtha; upaspṛśya — touching water; prabhāsam — to Prabhāsa; punaḥ — again; āgamat — He came.

śrutvā — hearing; dvijaiḥ — by brāhmaṇas; kathyamānam — being related; kuru-pāṇḍava — between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas; saṁyuge — in the battle; sarva — of all; rājanya — kings; nidhanam — the annihilation; bhāram — the burden; mene — He thought; hṛtam — removed; bhuvaḥ — of the earth.

saḥ — He, Lord Balarāma; bhīma-duryodhanayoḥ — Bhīma and Duryodhana; gadābhyām — with clubs; yudhyatoḥ — who were fighting; mṛdhe — on the battlefield; vārayiṣyan — intending to stop; vinaśanam — to the battlefield; jagāma — went; yadu — of the Yadus; nandanaḥ — the beloved son (Lord Balarāma).

yudhiṣṭhiraḥ — King Yudhiṣṭhira; tu — but; tam — Him, Lord Balarāma; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; yamau — the twin brothers, Nakula and Sahadeva; kṛṣṇa-arjunau — Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna; api — also; abhivādya — offering obeisances; abhavan — they were; tuṣṇīm — silent; kim — what; vivakṣuḥ — intending to say; iha — here; āgataḥ — has come.

gadā — with clubs; pāṇī — in their hands; ubhau — both of them, Duryodhana and Bhīma; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; saṁrabdhau — furious; vijaya — victory; eṣiṇau — striving for; maṇḍalāni — circles; vicitrāṇi — artistic; carantau — moving in; idam — this; abravīt — He said.

yuvām — you two; tulya — equal; balau — in prowess; vīrau — warriors; he rājan — O King (Duryodhana); he vṛkodara — O Bhīma; ekam — one; prāṇa — in terms of vital force; adhikam — greater; manye — I consider; uta — on the other hand; ekam — one; śikṣayā — in terms of training; adhikam — greater.

tasmāt — therefore; ekatarasya — of either of the two; iha — here; yuvayoḥ — of you; sama — equal; vīryayoḥ — whose prowess; na lakṣyate — cannot be seen; jayaḥ — victory; anyaḥ — the opposite (defeat); vā — or; viramatu — it should stop; aphalaḥ — fruitless; raṇaḥ — the battle.

na — not; tat — His; vākyam — words; jagṛhatuḥ — the two of them accepted; baddha — fixed; vairau — whose enmity; nṛpa — O King (Parīkṣit); artha-vat — sensible; anusmarantau — continuing to remember; anyonyam — about each other; duruktam — the harsh words; duṣkṛtāni — the misdeeds; ca — also.

diṣṭam — fate; tat — that; anumanvānaḥ — deciding; rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma; dvāravatīm — to Dvārakā; yayau — went; ugrasena-ādibhiḥ — headed by Ugrasena; prītaiḥ — delighted; jñātibhiḥ — by His family members; samupāgataḥ — greeted.

tam — Him, Lord Balarāma; punaḥ — again; naimiṣam — at Naimiṣāraṇya; prāptam — arrived; ṛṣayaḥ — the sages; ayājayan — engaged in performing Vedic sacrifices; mudā — with pleasure; kratu — of all sacrifices; aṅgam — the embodiment; kratubhiḥ — with ritualistic performances; sarvaiḥ — all varieties; nivṛtta — who had renounced; akhila — all; vigraham — warfare.

tebhyaḥ — upon them; viśuddham — perfectly pure; vijñānam — divine knowledge; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; vyatarat — bestowed; vibhuḥ — the Almighty; yena — by which; eva — indeed; ātmani — within Himself, the Supreme Lord; adaḥ — this; viśvam — universe; ātmānam — Himself; viśva-gam — pervading the universe; viduḥ — they could perceive.

sva — together with His; patyā — wife; avabhṛtha — with the avabhṛtha ritual, which marks the end of sacrificial initiation; snātaḥ — having bathed; jñāti — by His immediate family members; bandhu — other relatives; suhṛt — and friends; vṛtaḥ — surrounded; reje — He appeared splendid; sva-jyotsnayā — with its own rays; iva — as; induḥ — the moon; su — well; vāsāḥ — dressed; suṣṭhu — nicely; alaṅkṛtaḥ — adorned.

īdṛk-vidhāni — of this sort; asaṅkhyāni — uncountable; balasya — of Lord Balarāma; bala-śālinaḥ — mighty; anantasya — unlimited; aprameyasya — immeasurable; māyā — by His illusory energy; martyasya — who appears as if a mortal; santi — there are; hi — indeed.

yaḥ — whoever; anusmareta — regularly remembers; rāmasya — of Lord Balarāma; karmāṇi — the activities; adbhuta — amazing; karmaṇaḥ — all of whose activities; sāyam — at dusk; prātaḥ — at dawn; anantasya — who is unlimited; viṣṇoḥ — to the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu; saḥ — he; dayitaḥ — dear; bhavet — becomes.