ŚB 10.77.24
Canto 10, Chapter 77, Text 24
कथं राममसम्भ्रान्तं जित्वाजेयं सुरासुरै: ।
शाल्वेनाल्पीयसा नीत: पिता मे बलवान् विधि: ॥ २४ ॥
शाल्वेनाल्पीयसा नीत: पिता मे बलवान् विधि: ॥ २४ ॥
kathaṁ rāmam asambhrāntaṁ
jitvājeyaṁ surāsuraiḥ
śālvenālpīyasā nītaḥ
pitā me balavān vidhiḥ
jitvājeyaṁ surāsuraiḥ
śālvenālpīyasā nītaḥ
pitā me balavān vidhiḥ
Word by word
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.
Translation
[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!