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ŚB 10.67.14-15

Devanagari

तं ग्राव्णा प्राहरत् क्रुद्धो बल: प्रहरतां वर: ।
स वञ्चयित्वा ग्रावाणं मदिराकलशं कपि: ॥ १४ ॥
गृहीत्वा हेलयामास धूर्तस्तं कोपयन् हसन् ।
निर्भिद्य कलशं दुष्टो वासांस्यास्फालयद् बलम् ।
कदर्थीकृत्य बलवान् विप्रचक्रे मदोद्धत: ॥ १५ ॥

Text

taṁ grāvṇā prāharat kruddho
balaḥ praharatāṁ varaḥ
sa vañcayitvā grāvāṇaṁ
madirā-kalaśaṁ kapiḥ
gṛhītvā helayām āsa
dhūrtas taṁ kopayan hasan
nirbhidya kalaśaṁ duṣṭo
vāsāṁsy āsphālayad balam
kadarthī-kṛtya balavān
vipracakre madoddhataḥ

Synonyms

tam — at him, Dvivida; grāvṇā — a rock; prāharat — threw; kruddhaḥ — angry; balaḥ — Lord Balarāma; praharatām — of throwers of weapons; varaḥ — the best; saḥ — he, Dvivida; vañcayitvā — avoiding; grāvāṇam — the rock; madirā — of liquor; kalaśam — the pot; kapiḥ — the ape; gṛhītvā — seizing; helayām āsa — made fun of; dhūrtaḥ — the rascal; tam — Him, Lord Balarāma; kopayan — angering; hasan — laughing; nirbhidya — breaking; kalaśam — the pot; duṣṭaḥ — wicked; vāsāṁsi — the garments (of the girls); āsphālayat — he pulled at; balam — Lord Balarāma; kadarthīkṛtya — disrespecting; bala-vān — powerful; vipracakre — he insulted; mada — by false pride; uddhataḥ — puffed up.

Translation

Angered, Lord Balarāma, the best of fighters, hurled a rock at him, but the cunning ape dodged the rock and grabbed the Lord’s pot of liquor. Further infuriating Lord Balarāma by laughing and by ridiculing Him, wicked Dvivida then broke the pot and offended the Lord even more by pulling at the girls’ clothing. Thus the powerful ape, puffed up with false pride, continued to insult Śrī Balarāma.