तमुद्वहन् धरणिधरेन्द्रगौरवं महासुरो विगतरयो निजं वपु: । स आस्थित: पुरटपरिच्छदो बभौ तडिद्द्युमानुडुपतिवाडिवाम्बुद: ॥ २६ ॥
tam udvahan dharaṇi-dharendra-gauravaṁ mahāsuro vigata-rayo nijaṁ vapuḥ sa āsthitaḥ puraṭa-paricchado babhau taḍid-dyumān uḍupati-vāḍ ivāmbudaḥ
- tam
- Him, Lord Baladeva
- udvahan
- carrying high
- dharaṇi-dhara-indra
- like the king of the mountains, Sumeru
- gauravam
- whose weight
- mahā-asuraḥ
- the great demon
- vigata-rayaḥ
- losing his momentum
- nijam
- his original
- vapuḥ
- body
- saḥ
- he
- āsthitaḥ
- becoming situated in
- puraṭa
- golden
- paricchadaḥ
- having ornaments
- babhau
- he shone
- taḍit
- like lightning
- dyu-mān
- flashing
- uḍu-pati
- the moon
- vāṭ
- carrying
- iva
- just as
- ambu-daḥ
- a cloud
As the great demon carried Balarāma, the Lord became as heavy as massive Mount Sumeru, and Pralamba had to slow down. He then resumed his actual form — an effulgent body that was covered with golden ornaments and that resembled a cloud flashing with lightning and carrying the moon.