Devanagari
दृष्ट्वा प्रलम्बं निहतं बलेन बलशालिना ।
गोपा: सुविस्मिता आसन्साधु साध्विति वादिन: ॥ ३० ॥
Verse text
dṛṣṭvā pralambaṁ nihataṁ
balena bala-śālinā
gopāḥ su-vismitā āsan
sādhu sādhv iti vādinaḥ
Synonyms
dṛṣṭvā
—
seeing
;
pralambam
—
Pralambāsura
;
nihatam
—
killed
;
balena
—
by Lord Balarāma
;
bala
—
śālinā — who is by nature very powerful
;
gopāḥ
—
the cowherd boys
;
su
—
vismitāḥ — most astonished
;
āsan
—
became
;
sādhu sādhu
—
“very wonderful, very wonderful”
;
iti
—
these words
;
vādinaḥ
—
speaking .
Translation
The cowherd boys were most astonished to see how the powerful Balarāma had killed the demon Pralamba, and they exclaimed, “Excellent! Excellent!”
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The cowherd boys were most astonished to see how the powerful Balarāma had killed the demon Pralamba, and they exclaimed, "Excellent! Excellent!"
KB 10.18.30
All the boys then rushed to the spot. Astonished by the ghastly scene, they began to praise Balarāma with the words “Well done! Well done!”
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Balarāma showed special powers. Thus he is called balaśālinā. Hari-vaṁśa says:
balaṁ tu baldevasya tadā bhuvi janā viduḥ
pralmbe nihate daitye devair api durāsade
People on earth know the power of Balarāma, since he killed Pralamba who could not be killed by the devatās.
The boys were astonished because the demon had disguised himself as a cowherd boy.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Balarāma showed special powers in killing the best of strong demons. Thus he is called balaśālinā. Hari-vaṁśa says:
balaṁ tu baldevasya tadā bhuvi janā viduḥ
pralmbe nihate daitye devair api durāsade
People on earth know the power of Balarāma, since he killed Pralamba who could not be killed by the devatās.
The boys were astonished because the demon had disguised himself as a cowherd boy. Or bala-śālinā means “by Balarāma who had the quality of praising Kṛṣṇa’s strength.” He thought, “I have killed this demon because of Kṛṣṇa’s powers.” The cowherd boys were amazed at his great devotion to Kṛṣṇa.