कथं राममसम्भ्रान्तं जित्वाजेयं सुरासुरै: । शाल्वेनाल्पीयसा नीत: पिता मे बलवान् विधि: ॥ २४ ॥
kathaṁ rāmam asambhrāntaṁ jitvājeyaṁ surāsuraiḥ śālvenālpīyasā nītaḥ pitā me balavān vidhiḥ
- katham
- how
- rāmam
- Lord Balarāma
- asambhrāntam
- never confused
- jitvā
- defeating
- ajeyam
- undefeatable
- sura
- by demigods
- asuraiḥ
- and demons
- śālvena
- by Śālva
- alpīyasā
- very small
- nītaḥ
- taken
- pitā
- father
- me
- My
- bala-vān
- powerful
- vidhiḥ
- fate
[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] Balarāma is ever vigilant, and no demigod or demon can defeat Him. So how could this insignificant Śālva defeat Him and abduct My father? Indeed, fate is all-powerful!