balaḥ praviÅ›ya bÄhubhyÄá¹
tÄlÄn samparikampayan
phalÄni pÄtayÄm Äsa
mataá¹…-gaja ivaujasÄ

 balaḥ - BalarÄma; praviÅ›ya - entering; bÄhubhyÄm - with His two arms; tÄlÄn - the palm trees; samparikampayan - making shake all around; phalÄni - the fruits; pÄtayÄm Äsa - He made fall; matam-gajaḥ - a maddened elephant; iva - just as; ojasÄ - by His strength.


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Lord BalarÄma entered the TÄla forest first. Then with His two arms He began forcefully shaking the trees with the power of a maddened elephant, causing the tÄla fruits to fall to the ground.

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