एतावदुक्त्वा भगवान् निवृत्तोऽसद्वधादपि । भावित्वात् तं कुशाग्रेण करस्थेनाहनत् प्रभु: ॥ २८ ॥
etāvad uktvā bhagavān nivṛtto ’sad-vadhād api bhāvitvāt taṁ kuśāgreṇa kara-sthenāhanat prabhuḥ
- etāvat
- this much
- uktvā
- saying
- bhagavān
- the Personality of Godhead
- nivṛttaḥ
- stopped
- asat
- the impious
- vadhāt
- from killing
- api
- although
- bhāvitvāt
- because it was inevitable
- tam
- him, Romaharṣaṇa
- kuśa
- of kuśa grass
- agreṇa
- with the tip of a blade
- kara
- in His hand
- sthena
- held
- ahanat
- killed
- prabhuḥ
- the Lord
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Although Lord Balarāma had stopped killing the impious, Romaharṣaṇa’s death was inevitable. Thus, having spoken, the Lord killed him by picking up a blade of kuśa grass and touching him with its tip.