अध्याय ८८
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे पञ्चमे ऽंशे सप्तमो ऽध्यायः ]] गाः पालयन्तौ च पुनः सहितौ बलकेशवौ भ्रममाणौ वने तस्मिन् रम्यं तालवनं गतौ
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] gāḥ pālayantau ca punaḥ sahitau balakeśavau bhramamāṇau vane tasmin ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ gatau
हिन्दी अर्थ
'' आपलोग जिसके लिये फूले आदरपूर्वक पूछनेपर उनसे नन्दगोपने कहा--
English
TaRaS'S* said :— Thereupon again driving their cattle, Kesava and Ba!ar<ima rambled together in the íorest, and 011 one occasion went to a pleasing grove of palms. There lived in that pleasing grove a demon named Dhenuka>resemblingan ass in appearance and living upon tlie flesh of deer. Beholding the fruiis there ripe, tlie cow-herds, being anxiousto take them, said~" Rama i Krishna i Dhenuka always lives here and therefore the trees are loaded with ripe fruits the smell of which perfumes the air. We wish to eat some. Will you throw some down ?" Hearing those words, Krislma and Sankarsana brought down some fruits on the ground, Hearing the sound of the falling fruits, the dreadful and malig- nant demon Dhenuka, having the countenance of an ass, frrivtd there speedily, and being angry began to kick Rama on the breast with his hinder heels. Catching him by his both hind legs, Rama however hurled him round till he died ; then he threw up the dead body to the top oj the palm tree from the bjanches of which it struck down enough fruits like rain drops poured down on earth by the wind. The relatives of Dhenuka came running to his help, and Krishna and Rama did the same thing with them until the trees were filled with dead asses and the ground was covered with ripe fruits. Thenceforth the cattle grazed unobstructed in the palm groves and cropped the neiv pasturage where they had never gone