Balarāma Slays the Ape Dvivida
Dvivida-vadha
तत्रापश्यद् यदुपतिं रामं पुष्करमालिनम् । सुदर्शनीयसर्वाङ्गं ललनायूथमध्यगम् ॥ ९ ॥ गायन्तं वारुणीं पीत्वा मदविह्वललोचनम् । विभ्राजमानं वपुषा प्रभिन्नमिव वारणम् ॥ १० ॥
tatrāpaśyad yadu-patiṁ rāmaṁ puṣkara-mālinam sudarśanīya-sarvāṅgaṁ lalanā-yūtha-madhya-gam
そこで彼は、ヤドゥ族の主シュリー・バララーマを見た。蓮華の花輪を飾り、全身ことごとく麗しく、若い女たちの群れのただ中におられた。ヴァールニーを飲んで歌い、酔いに揺れる眼差し、身は光り輝き、まるで発情期の象のようであった。
This verse describes Balarāma as Yadupati, adorned with a lotus garland, with all limbs supremely beautiful, standing among a group of young women—highlighting His divine attractiveness and royal stature.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this scene while recounting the events and personalities in Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma’s līlā to King Parīkṣit.
A devotee can practice seeing the Lord’s beauty as spiritually purifying—training the mind to remember divine qualities rather than chasing merely worldly attraction.