द्विविदोऽपि महावीर्य: शालमुद्यम्य पाणिना । अभ्येत्य तरसा तेन बलं मूर्धन्यताडयत् ॥ १७ ॥
dvivido ’pi mahā-vīryaḥ śālam udyamya pāṇinā abhyetya tarasā tena balaṁ mūrdhany atāḍayat
- dvividaḥ
- Dvivida
- api
- also
- mahā
- great
- vīryaḥ
- whose potency
- śālam
- a śāla tree
- udyamya
- lifting up
- pāṇinā
- with his hand
- abhyetya
- approaching
- tarasā
- swiftly
- tena
- with it
- balam
- Lord Balarāma
- mūrdhani
- on the head
- atāḍayat
- he struck
Mighty Dvivida also came forward to do battle. Uprooting a śāla tree with one hand, he rushed toward Balarāma and struck Him on the head with the tree trunk.