atha tāla-phalāny ādan
manuṣyā gata-sādhvasāḥ
tṛṇaḿ ca paśavaś cerur
hata-dhenuka-kānane
atha -- then; tala -- of the palm trees; phalani -- the fruits; adan -- ate; manushyah -- the human beings; gata-sadhvasah -- having lost their fear; trinam -- upon the grass; ca -- and; pasavah -- the animals; ceruh -- grazed; hata -- killed; dhenuka -- of the demon Dhenuka; kanane -- in the forest.
People now felt free to return to the forest where Dhenuka had been killed, and without fear they ate the fruits of the palm trees. Also, the cows could now graze freely upon the grass there.
According to the acaryas, low-class people such as the pulindas ate the fruits of the palm trees, but Krishna's cowherd boyfriends considered them undesirable, since they had been tainted with the blood of the asses.
