balaḥ praviśya bāhubhyāṁ
tālān samparikampayan
phalāni pātayām āsa
mataṅ-gaja ivaujasā

 balaḥ - Balarāma; praviśya - entering; bāhubhyām - with His two arms; tālān - the palm trees; samparikampayan - making shake all around; phalāni - the fruits; pātayām āsa - He made fall; matam-gajaḥ - a maddened elephant; iva - just as; ojasā - by His strength.


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

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