duá¹£á¹aḥ Å›ÄkhÄ-má¹›gaḥ Å›ÄkhÄm
ÄrÅ«á¸haḥ kampayan drumÄn
cakre kilakilÄ-Å›abdam
ÄtmÄnaá¹ sampradarÅ›ayan
duá¹£á¹aḥ - mischievous; Å›ÄkhÄ-má¹›gaḥ - the ape ('the animal who lives on branches'); Å›ÄkhÄm - a branch; ÄrÅ«á¸haḥ - having climbed; kampayan - shaking; drumÄn - trees; cakre - he made; kilakilÄ-Å›abdam - the sound kilakilÄ; ÄtmÄnam - himself; sampradarÅ›ayan - showing.
The mischievous ape climbed a tree branch and then revealed his presence by shaking the trees and making the sound kilakilÄ.
The word Å›ÄkhÄ-má¹›ga indicates that the ape Dvivida, like ordinary apes, was naturally inclined to climb trees. ÅšrÄ«la PrabhupÄda writes: “This gorilla by the name Dvivida could climb up into the trees and jump from one branch to another. Sometimes he would jerk the branches, creating a particular type of sound — kilakilÄ â€” so that Lord BalarÄma was greatly distracted from the pleasing atmosphere.â€
