Shloka 19

द्विविद-वधः, यज्ञ-विध्वंस-निवारणम्, बलदेव-पराक्रम-समाहारः

Devanagari script

ततो बलेन कोपेन मुष्टिना मूर्ध्नि ताडितः पपात रुधिरोद्गारी द्विविदः क्षीणजीवितः

Transliteration

tato balena kopena muṣṭinā mūrdhni tāḍitaḥ papāta rudhirodgārī dvividaḥ kṣīṇajīvitaḥ

Translation

Then, struck on the head by Bala—his fist driven by blazing wrath—Dvivida collapsed to the ground, vomiting blood, his life-force ebbing away.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereupon’

• बलेन: by Bala
• बलेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणम्/साधनम् (by Bala)

• कोपेन: with anger
• कोपेन: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतु/भाव (in anger)

• मुष्टिना: with a fist
• मुष्टिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधनम् (with fist)

• मूर्ध्नि: on the head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (on the head)

• ताडितः: struck
• ताडितः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः — ‘having been struck’

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी

• रुधिरोद्गारी: vomiting blood
• रुधिरोद्गारी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिर + उद्गारिन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (रुधिरम् उद्गारयति इति) / विशेषणम् (द्विविदः)

• द्विविदः: Dvivida
• द्विविदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विविद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• क्षीणजीवितः: whose life was ebbing away
• क्षीणजीवितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण + जीवित (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (क्षीणं जीवितं यस्य सः) / विशेषणम् (द्विविदः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Balarama
• Dvivida

FAQs

What is the significance of Dvivida’s fall in the Vishnu Purana?

It marks the decisive removal of a destructive force opposing dharma, showing how divine power restores order when violence and arrogance threaten the world.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the role of Bala (Balarāma) in this episode?

Through concise battlefield narration, Parāśara depicts Bala as an irresistible, dharma-protecting power—his single blow becomes the turning point that ends Dvivida’s rampage.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana frames such victories as part of the broader Vishnu-centered governance of the cosmos—where divine manifestations and associates act to re-establish righteous rule.