dvivido 'pi mahÄ-vÄ«ryaḥ
Å›Älam udyamya pÄṇinÄ
abhyetya tarasÄ tena
balaá¹ mÅ«rdhany atÄá¸ayat

 dvividaḥ - Dvivida; api - also; mahÄ - great; vÄ«ryaḥ - whose potency; Å›Älam - a Å›Äla tree; udyamya - lifting up; pÄṇinÄ - with his hand; abhyetya - approaching; tarasÄ - swiftly; tena - with it; balam - Lord BalarÄma; mÅ«rdhani - on the head; atÄá¸ayat - he struck.


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Mighty Dvivida also came forward to do battle. Uprooting a Å›Äla tree with one hand, he rushed toward BalarÄma and struck Him on the head with the tree trunk.

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