SB 1.15.25–26
दुर्बलान्बलिनो राजन्महान्तो बलिनो मिथः ॥ २५ ॥
एवं बलिष्ठैर्यदुभिर्महद्भिरितरान्विभुः ।
यदून्यदुभिरन्योन्यं भूभारान्सञ्जहार ह ॥ २६ ॥
durbalān balino rājan mahānto balino mithaḥ
evaṁ baliṣṭhair yadubhir mahadbhir itarān vibhuḥ
yadūn yadubhir anyonyaṁ bhū-bhārān sañjahāra ha
Synonyms
rājan — O King; yadvat — just as; jale — in bodies of water; jalaukasām — among the aquatics [matsyādīnāṁ madhye145]; mahāntaḥ — the large [sthūlāḥ]; adanti — eat [bhakṣayanti]; aṇīyasaḥ — the small [sūkṣmān]; balinaḥ — [and] the strong; [eat (bhakṣayanti)146]; durbalān — the weak; mahāntaḥ — [while] the large; balinaḥ — [and] strong [those of equal strength (tulya-balāḥ)147]; [destroy (ghnanti)148]; mithaḥ — each other [parasparam eva149]; evam — in the same manner; vibhuḥ — the Supreme Omnipotent [Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is entirely capable of impelling all action (sarva-karaṇa-samarthaḥ)150]; itarān [māritavān151] — [caused] other [weaker or miscreant kings to be killed (durbalān duṣṭān sañjahāra)152]; baliṣṭhaiḥ — by the strongest; mahadbhiḥ — mightiest; yadubhiḥ — Yadus; yadūn [māritavān153] — [and] the Yadus themselves [to be uprooted]; anyonyam yadubhiḥ — by the mutual clash of Yadus; [and so doing (evam)154]; sañjahāra ha — He relieved [saṁhṛtavān]; bhū-bhārān — the burden of the earth.
Translation
O King, just as in bodies of water, among the aquatics, the large eat the small and the strong eat the weak, while the large and strong destroy each other, in the same manner, the Supreme Omnipotent [Śrī Kṛṣṇa] caused other [weaker or miscreant kings] to be killed by the strongest, mightiest Yadus, and the Yadus themselves to be uprooted by the mutual clash of Yadus, and so doing, He relieved the burden of the earth.