Vishnu Purana — Amsha 5 — Chapter 8
ViP 5 8.1
गाः पालयन्तौ च पुनः सहितौ बलकेशवौ भ्रममाणौ वने तस्मिन् रम्यं तालवनं गतौ ॥
gāḥ pālayantau ca punaḥ sahitau balakeśavau bhramamāṇau vane tasmin ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ gatau //
And again, while herding the cows, Bala and Keśava, together, wandering in that forest, came to a lovely grove of palm trees.
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ViP 5 8.2
तत् तु तालवनं नित्यं धेनुको नाम दानवः नृगोमांसकृताहारः सदाध्यास्ते खराकृतिः ॥
tat tu tālavanaṃ nityaṃ dhenuko nāma dānavaḥ nṛgomāṃsakṛtāhāraḥ sadādhyāste kharākṛtiḥ //
But that palm grove a Dānava named Dhenuka, whose food was made of the flesh of men and cattle, having the form of a donkey, constantly inhabited.
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ViP 5 8.3
तत् तु तालवनं पक्वफलसंपत्समन्वितम् दृष्ट्वा स्पृहान्विता गोपाः फलादाने ऽब्रुवन् वचः ॥
tat tu tālavanaṃ pakvaphalasaṃpatsamanvitam dṛṣṭvā spṛhānvitā gopāḥ phalādāne 'bruvan vacaḥ //
Seeing that palm grove endowed with an abundance of ripe fruit, the cowherds, filled with longing, spoke words about the taking of the fruit.
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ViP 5 8.4
हे राम हे कृष्ण सदा धेनुकेनैष रक्ष्यते भूप्रदेशो यतस् तस्मात् पक्वानीमानि सन्ति वै ॥
he rāma he kṛṣṇa sadā dhenukenaiṣa rakṣyate bhūpradeśo yatas tasmāt pakvānīmāni santi vai //
"O Rāma, O Kṛṣṇa! Since this stretch of ground is always guarded by Dhenuka, therefore these (fruits) are indeed ripe.
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ViP 5 8.5
फलानि पश्य तालानां गन्धामोदितदिंशि च वयम् एतान्य् अभीप्सामः पात्यन्तां यदि रोचते ॥
phalāni paśya tālānāṃ gandhāmoditadiṃśi ca vayam etāny abhīpsāmaḥ pātyantāṃ yadi rocate //
Look at the fruits of the palms, gladdening the quarters with their fragrance. We desire these; let them be made to fall, if it please (you)."
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ViP 5 8.6
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 this speech of the cowherd boys, Saṃkarṣaṇa and Kṛṣṇa did indeed make the palm fruits fall to the ground.
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ViP 5 8.7
फलानां पततां शब्दम् आकर्ण्य सुदुरासदः आजगाम स दुष्टात्मा कोपाद् दैतेयगर्दभः ॥
phalānāṃ patatāṃ śabdam ākarṇya sudurāsadaḥ ājagāma sa duṣṭātmā kopād daiteyagardabhaḥ //
Hearing the sound of the falling fruits, that most unapproachable, evil-souled donkey of the Daitya race came in fury.
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ViP 5 8.8
पद्भ्याम् उभाभ्यां स तदा पश्चिमाभ्यां बली बलम् जघानोरसि ताभ्यां च स च तेनाप्य् अगृह्यत ॥
padbhyām ubhābhyāṃ sa tadā paścimābhyāṃ balī balam jaghānorasi tābhyāṃ ca sa ca tenāpy agṛhyata //
Then that strong one struck Bala on the chest with both his hind feet, and by those very (feet) he too was seized by him.
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ViP 5 8.9
गृहीत्वा भ्रामणेनैव सो ऽम्बरे गतजीवितम् तस्मिन्न् एव स चिक्षेप वेगेन तृणराजनि ॥
gṛhītvā bhrāmaṇenaiva so 'mbare gatajīvitam tasminn eva sa cikṣepa vegena tṛṇarājani //
Having seized him and by mere whirling (him) in the air, his life gone, he flung him with force onto that very lord of grasses (palm tree).
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ViP 5 8.10
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 donkey, falling from the top of the palm, made many fruits drop to the earth, as a great wind does the rain-clouds.
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ViP 5 8.11
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 Kṛṣṇa and Balabhadra, in sport, flung to the palm-tops the other Daitya donkeys, his kinsmen, who had come.
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ViP 5 8.12
क्षणेनालंकृता पृथ्वी पक्वैस् तालफलैस् तथा दैत्यगर्दभदेहैश् च मैत्रेय शुशुभे ऽधिकम् ॥
kṣaṇenālaṃkṛtā pṛthvī pakvais tālaphalais tathā daityagardabhadehaiś ca maitreya śuśubhe 'dhikam //
In a moment the earth, adorned with ripe palm fruits and with the bodies of the Daitya donkeys, shone exceedingly, Maitreya.
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ViP 5 8.13
ततो गावो निराबाधास् तस्मिंस् तालवने द्विज नवशष्पं सुखं चेरुर् यन् न भुक्तम् अभूत् पुरा ॥
tato gāvo nirābādhās tasmiṃs tālavane dvija navaśaṣpaṃ sukhaṃ cerur yan na bhuktam abhūt purā //
Then the cows, unmolested, roamed happily in that palm grove, O twice-born, on the fresh young grass which had not been eaten before.
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