Brahma Purana — Chapter 209
BrP 209.1
शृणुध्वं मुनयः सर्वे बलस्य बलशालिनः कृतं यद् अन्यद् एवाभूत् तद् अपि श्रूयतां द्विजाः ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve balasya balaśālinaḥ kṛtaṃ yad anyad evābhūt tad api śrūyatāṃ dvijāḥ //
Hear, all you sages, of that other deed which was done by Bala, mighty in strength — let that too be heard, O brahmins.
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BrP 209.2
नरकस्यासुरेन्द्रस्य देवपक्षविरोधिनः सखाभवन् महावीर्यो द्विविदो नाम वानरः ॥
narakasyāsurendrasya devapakṣavirodhinaḥ sakhābhavan mahāvīryo dvivido nāma vānaraḥ //
Of Naraka, the lord of the asuras, the opponent of the gods' party, there was a friend of great might, a monkey named Dvivida.
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BrP 209.3
वैरानुबन्धं बलवान् स चकार सुरान् प्रति ॥
vairānubandhaṃ balavān sa cakāra surān prati //
That strong one kept up a standing enmity toward the gods.
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BrP 209.4
नरकं हतवान् कृष्णो बलदर्पसमन्वितम् करिष्ये सर्वदेवानां तस्माद् एष प्रतिक्रियाम् ॥
narakaṃ hatavān kṛṣṇo baladarpasamanvitam kariṣye sarvadevānāṃ tasmād eṣa pratikriyām //
"Kṛṣṇa slew Naraka, who was filled with the pride of strength; therefore I shall take requital upon all the gods."
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BrP 209.5
यज्ञविध्वंसनं कुर्वन् मर्त्यलोकक्षयं तथा ततो विध्वंसयाम् आस यज्ञान् अज्ञानमोहितः ॥
yajñavidhvaṃsanaṃ kurvan martyalokakṣayaṃ tathā tato vidhvaṃsayām āsa yajñān ajñānamohitaḥ //
Working the destruction of sacrifices and likewise the ruin of the world of mortals, then, deluded by ignorance, he wrecked the sacrifices.
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BrP 209.6
बिभेद साधुमर्यादां क्षयं चक्रे च देहिनाम् ददाह चपलो देशं पुरग्रामान्तराणि च ॥
bibheda sādhumaryādāṃ kṣayaṃ cakre ca dehinām dadāha capalo deśaṃ puragrāmāntarāṇi ca //
He broke down the bounds set by the good and wrought destruction of embodied beings, and, being fickle, he burned the countryside and the areas within towns and villages.
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BrP 209.7
क्वचिच् च पर्वतक्षेपाद् ग्रामादीन् समचूर्णयत् शैलान् उत्पाट्य तोयेषु मुमोचाम्बुनिधौ तथा ॥
kvacic ca parvatakṣepād grāmādīn samacūrṇayat śailān utpāṭya toyeṣu mumocāmbunidhau tathā //
And in some places, by hurling mountains, he ground villages and the rest to powder; and tearing up crags he flung them into the waters and into the ocean.
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BrP 209.8
पुनश् चार्णवमध्यस्थः क्षोभयाम् आस सागरम् तेनातिक्षोभितश् चाब्धिर् उद्वेलो जायते द्विजाः ॥
punaś cārṇavamadhyasthaḥ kṣobhayām āsa sāgaram tenātikṣobhitaś cābdhir udvelo jāyate dvijāḥ //
And again, stationed in the midst of the sea, he churned up the ocean; and the sea, violently churned by him, overflows its shore, O brahmins.
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BrP 209.9
प्लावयंस् तीरजान् ग्रामान् पुरादीन् अतिवेगवान् कामरूपं महारूपं कृत्वा सस्यान्य् अनेकशः ॥
plāvayaṃs tīrajān grāmān purādīn ativegavān kāmarūpaṃ mahārūpaṃ kṛtvā sasyāny anekaśaḥ //
Exceedingly swift, flooding the villages that lay on the shore and the towns and the rest, taking on a form at will, a huge form, (he attacked) the crops again and again,
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BrP 209.10
लुठन् भ्रमणसंमर्दैः संचूर्णयति वानरः तेन विप्रकृतं सर्वं जगद् एतद् दुरात्मना ॥
luṭhan bhramaṇasaṃmardaiḥ saṃcūrṇayati vānaraḥ tena viprakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ jagad etad durātmanā //
and rolling about, the monkey grinds (them) to powder with the crushing of his whirlings. By that evil-souled one this whole world was afflicted.
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BrP 209.11
निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारं द्विजाश् चासीत् सुदुःखितम् कदाचिद् रैवतोद्याने पपौ पानं हलायुधः ॥
niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāraṃ dvijāś cāsīt suduḥkhitam kadācid raivatodyāne papau pānaṃ halāyudhaḥ //
And it was without recitation of the Veda and without the cry vaṣaṭ, O brahmins, and greatly wretched. Once, in Raivata's pleasure-garden, the Plough-armed one drank liquor,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 209.12
रेवती च महाभागा तथैवान्या वरस्त्रियः उद्गीयमानो विलसल्ललनामौलिमध्यगः ॥
revatī ca mahābhāgā tathaivānyā varastriyaḥ udgīyamāno vilasallalanāmaulimadhyagaḥ //
and Revatī, the greatly blessed, and likewise other choice women. Being sung to, seated amid a garland of sporting damsels,
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BrP 209.13
रेमे यदुवरश्रेष्ठः कुबेर इव मन्दरे ततः स वानरो ऽभ्येत्य गृहीत्वा सीरिणो हलम् ॥
reme yaduvaraśreṣṭhaḥ kubera iva mandare tataḥ sa vānaro 'bhyetya gṛhītvā sīriṇo halam //
the foremost of the best of Yadus took his pleasure, like Kubera on Mandara. Then that monkey came up and, seizing the plough of the Plough-bearer
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BrP 209.14
मुशलं च चकारास्य संमुखः स विडम्बनाम् तथैव योषितां तासां जहासाभिमुखं कपिः ॥
muśalaṃ ca cakārāsya saṃmukhaḥ sa viḍambanām tathaiva yoṣitāṃ tāsāṃ jahāsābhimukhaṃ kapiḥ //
and his pestle, standing before him he made mockery of him; and likewise the ape laughed in the face of those women.
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BrP 209.15
पानपूर्णांश् च करकांश् चिक्षेपाहत्य वै तदा ततः कोपपरीतात्मा भर्त्सयाम् आस तं बलम् ॥
pānapūrṇāṃś ca karakāṃś cikṣepāhatya vai tadā tataḥ kopaparītātmā bhartsayām āsa taṃ balam //
And then he struck at the jars full of liquor and flung them about. Thereupon (Bala), his mind filled with anger, threatened him.
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BrP 209.16
तथापि तम् अवज्ञाय चक्रे किलकिलाध्वनिम् ततः समुत्थाय बलो जगृहे मुशलं रुषा ॥
tathāpi tam avajñāya cakre kilakilādhvanim tataḥ samutthāya balo jagṛhe muśalaṃ ruṣā //
Even so, disregarding him, he made a chattering shriek. Then Bala rose up and in fury took hold of his pestle.
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BrP 209.17
सो ऽपि शैलशिलां भीमां जग्राह प्लवगोत्तमः चिक्षेप च स तां क्षिप्तां मुशलेन सहस्रधा ॥
so 'pi śailaśilāṃ bhīmāṃ jagrāha plavagottamaḥ cikṣepa ca sa tāṃ kṣiptāṃ muśalena sahasradhā //
He too, that best of leaping ones, seized a terrible boulder from a hill and hurled it; and as it was hurled, (Bala) with the pestle in a thousand pieces
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BrP 209.18
बिभेद यादवश्रेष्ठः सा पपात महीतले अपतन् मुशलं चासौ समुल्लङ्घ्य प्लवंगमः ॥
bibheda yādavaśreṣṭhaḥ sā papāta mahītale apatan muśalaṃ cāsau samullaṅghya plavaṃgamaḥ //
split it, that best of Yādavas; it fell to the ground. And the monkey, leaping up, (took?) the falling pestle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 209.19
वेगेनायम्य रोषेण बलेनोरस्य् अताडयत् ततो बलेन कोपेन मुष्टिना मूर्ध्नि ताडितः ॥
vegenāyamya roṣeṇa balenorasy atāḍayat tato balena kopena muṣṭinā mūrdhni tāḍitaḥ //
and swinging (it) up with force, in rage he struck Bala on the chest. Then he was struck on the head in anger by Bala with his fist,
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BrP 209.20
पपात रुधिरोद्गारी द्विविदः क्षीणजीवितः पतता तच्छरीरेण गिरेः शृङ्गम् अशीर्यत ॥
papāta rudhirodgārī dvividaḥ kṣīṇajīvitaḥ patatā taccharīreṇa gireḥ śṛṅgam aśīryata //
Dvivida fell, spewing blood, his life spent; and by that body of his as it fell the peak of the mountain was broken apart.
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BrP 209.21
मुनयः शतधा वज्रिवज्रेणेव हि ताडितम् पुष्पवृष्टिं ततो देवा रामस्योपरि चिक्षिपुः ॥
munayaḥ śatadhā vajrivajreṇeva hi tāḍitam puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ tato devā rāmasyopari cikṣipuḥ //
(It was shattered) into a hundred pieces, as though struck by the thunderbolt of the wielder of the thunderbolt; then the sages and the gods cast down a rain of flowers upon Rāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 209.22
प्रशशंसुस् तदाभ्येत्य साध्व् एतत् ते महत् कृतम् अनेन दुष्टकपिना दैत्यपक्षोपकारिणा जगन् निराकृतं वीर दिष्ट्या स क्षयम् आगतः ॥
praśaśaṃsus tadābhyetya sādhv etat te mahat kṛtam anena duṣṭakapinā daityapakṣopakāriṇā jagan nirākṛtaṃ vīra diṣṭyā sa kṣayam āgataḥ //
Approaching, they then praised (him): "Well done! This great deed of yours! By this wicked ape, who served the party of the Daityas, the world was harassed, O hero; happily he has come to his end."
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BrP 209.23
एवंविधान्य् अनेकानि बलदेवस्य धीमतः कर्माण्य् अपरिमेयानि शेषस्य धरणीभृतः ॥
evaṃvidhāny anekāni baladevasya dhīmataḥ karmāṇy aparimeyāni śeṣasya dharaṇībhṛtaḥ //
Of this kind are the many, immeasurable deeds of wise Baladeva, who is Śeṣa, the bearer of the earth.
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