Brahma Purana — Chapter 186
BrP 186.1
गाः पालयन्तौ च पुनः सहितौ रामकेशवौ भ्रममाणौ वने तत्र रम्यं तालवनं गतौ ॥
gāḥ pālayantau ca punaḥ sahitau rāmakeśavau bhramamāṇau vane tatra ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ gatau //
And again Rāma and Keśava, together, herding the cows and wandering in the forest there, came to a lovely palm grove.
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BrP 186.2
तच् च तालवनं नित्यं धेनुको नाम दानवः नृगोमांसकृताहारः सदाध्यास्ते खराकृतिः ॥
tac ca tālavanaṃ nityaṃ dhenuko nāma dānavaḥ nṛgomāṃsakṛtāhāraḥ sadādhyāste kharākṛtiḥ //
And that palm grove a dānava named Dhenuka, who made his food of the flesh of men and cattle, always inhabited, in the form of a donkey.
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BrP 186.3
तत्र तालवनं रम्यं फलसंपत्समन्वितम् दृष्ट्वा स्पृहान्विता गोपाः फलादाने ऽब्रुवन् वचः ॥
tatra tālavanaṃ ramyaṃ phalasaṃpatsamanvitam dṛṣṭvā spṛhānvitā gopāḥ phalādāne 'bruvan vacaḥ //
Seeing there the lovely palm grove, endowed with an abundance of fruit, the cowherds, filled with longing, spoke these words about taking the fruit:
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BrP 186.4
हे राम हे कृष्ण सदा धेनुकेनैव रक्ष्यते भूप्रदेशो यतस् तस्मात् त्यक्तानीमानि सन्ति वै ॥
he rāma he kṛṣṇa sadā dhenukenaiva rakṣyate bhūpradeśo yatas tasmāt tyaktānīmāni santi vai //
"O Rāma, O Kṛṣṇa, since this stretch of land is always guarded by Dhenuka alone, therefore these (fruits) are indeed left untouched.
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BrP 186.5
फलानि पश्य तालानां गन्धमोदयुतानि वै वयम् एतान्य् अभीप्सामः पात्यन्तां यदि रोचते ॥
phalāni paśya tālānāṃ gandhamodayutāni vai vayam etāny abhīpsāmaḥ pātyantāṃ yadi rocate //
Look at the palms' fruits, full of fragrance and delight! We desire them — let them be made to fall, if it pleases (you)."
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BrP 186.6
इति गोपकुमाराणां श्रुत्वा संकर्षणो वचः कृष्णश् च पातयाम् आस भुवि तालफलानि वै ॥
iti gopakumārāṇāṃ śrutvā saṃkarṣaṇo vacaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca pātayām āsa bhuvi tālaphalāni vai //
Having heard these words of the cowherd boys, Saṃkarṣaṇa and Kṛṣṇa made the palm fruits fall to the ground.
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BrP 186.7
तालानां पततां शब्दम् आकर्ण्यासुरराट् ततः आजगाम स दुष्टात्मा कोपाद् दैतेयगर्दभः ॥
tālānāṃ patatāṃ śabdam ākarṇyāsurarāṭ tataḥ ājagāma sa duṣṭātmā kopād daiteyagardabhaḥ //
Then, hearing the sound of the falling palm fruits, the king of the asuras, that evil-souled ass among the sons of Diti, came in fury.
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BrP 186.8
पद्भ्याम् उभाभ्यां स तदा पश्चिमाभ्यां च तं बली जघानोरसि ताभ्यां च स च तेनाप्य् अगृह्यत ॥
padbhyām ubhābhyāṃ sa tadā paścimābhyāṃ ca taṃ balī jaghānorasi tābhyāṃ ca sa ca tenāpy agṛhyata //
Then with both his feet, the hind ones, that strong one struck him on the chest with them — and he too was seized by him.
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BrP 186.9
गृहीत्वा भ्रामणेनैव चाम्बरे गतजीवितम् तस्मिन्न् एव प्रचिक्षेप वेगेन तृणराजनि ॥
gṛhītvā bhrāmaṇenaiva cāmbare gatajīvitam tasminn eva pracikṣepa vegena tṛṇarājani //
Having seized (him), by whirling (him) about in the air, (he flung him,) his life gone, with force upon that very lord of grasses (the palm tree).
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BrP 186.10
ततः फलान्य् अनेकानि तालाग्रान् निपतन् खरः पृथिव्यां पातयाम् आस महावातो ऽम्बुदान् इव ॥
tataḥ phalāny anekāni tālāgrān nipatan kharaḥ pṛthivyāṃ pātayām āsa mahāvāto 'mbudān iva //
Then the ass, falling from the top of the palm, made many fruits fall to the earth, as a great wind (brings down) the rain-clouds.
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BrP 186.11
अन्यान् अप्य् अस्य वै ज्ञातीन् आगतान् दैत्यगर्दभान् कृष्णश् चिक्षेप तालाग्रे बलभद्रश् च लीलया ॥
anyān apy asya vai jñātīn āgatān daityagardabhān kṛṣṇaś cikṣepa tālāgre balabhadraś ca līlayā //
And the other ass-demons, his kinsmen, who had come — Kṛṣṇa and Balabhadra flung them onto the tops of the palms in sport.
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BrP 186.12
क्षणेनालंकृता पृथ्वी पक्वैस् तालफलैस् तदा दैत्यगर्दभदेहैश् च मुनयः शुशुभे ऽधिकम् ॥
kṣaṇenālaṃkṛtā pṛthvī pakvais tālaphalais tadā daityagardabhadehaiś ca munayaḥ śuśubhe 'dhikam //
In a moment the earth, adorned with ripe palm fruits and with the bodies of the demon-asses, shone exceedingly, O sages.
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BrP 186.13
ततो गावो निराबाधास् तस्मिंस् तालवने द्विजाः नवशष्पं सुखं चेरुर् यत्र भुक्तम् अभूत् पुरा ॥
tato gāvo nirābādhās tasmiṃs tālavane dvijāḥ navaśaṣpaṃ sukhaṃ cerur yatra bhuktam abhūt purā //
Then, O twice-born ones, the cows, unhindered, roamed happily in that palm grove over the fresh young grass, where formerly it had been eaten (by the demons).
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