अध्याय ८९
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे पञ्चमे ऽंशे ऽष्टमो ऽध्यायः ]] तस्मिन् रासभदैतेये सानुगे विनिपातिते सेव्यं गोगोपगोपीनां रम्यं तालवनं बभौ
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe 'ṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] tasmin rāsabhadaiteye sānuge vinipātite sevyaṃ gogopagopīnāṃ ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ babhau
हिन्दी अर्थ
तथा भित्तिके अन्दर रहनेवाले हैं और न निश्चित गृह अथवा खेतवाले किसान ही हैं, बल्कि वन-पर्वतादिमें समस्त जनसमुदायमें सुखी हैं अत: गृहस्थ किसानोंकी भाँति हमें इन्द्रकी पूजा करनेका कोई काम नहीं '”
English
arasarA said : — That demon, in the form of an ass, and all his relatives, being slain, the cow-herds and their wives began to roam at pleasure in that picturesque grove of palms. Having slain that fiend Dlienuka, the two sons of Vasudeva, greatly delighted, repaired to the Bliandira fig-tree. They . bcgan to roam about shouting and singing and collecting fruits* and flowers from the trees — sometimes driving the cattle to a distant pasture, sometimes [calling them by their names, sometims carrying the foot-ropes of the kine upott Iheir shoulds, sometimes decorating themselves with gar« lands of forest flowers, they appeared like two young bulls when the horns first appearf^Dressed, the one in yellow and and the other in sable garments, they appeared like two clouds one white and one black, surmounted by the bow of Indra. The two brothers, although lords of the universe, liaving descended upon earth, began to sport mutually witb. frolics beneficial to the world. Adopting human duties aná assuming human character and engaged in human sports, they ítayed about in the forest. And these two highly powerful (brolhers) engaged in exercise, in swinging upon the boughs of trees.or in boxing and wresting and hurling stones,