Shloka 28

Paugaṇḍa Cowherding, Tālavana, the Slaying of Dhenukāsura, and Revival from Poisoned Yamunā Water

Devanagari script

बल: प्रविश्य बाहुभ्यां तालान् सम्परिकम्पयन् । फलानि पातयामास मतङ्गज इवौजसा ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

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

Translation

Lord Balarāma entered the Tāla forest first. Then, with both arms, He shook the tāla trees with the might of a maddened elephant, and the fruits fell down to the earth.

Synonyms

• बलः: Bala (Balarama)
• बलः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (बलरामः)

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु), ल्यप् (gerund)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having entered)

• बाहुभ्याम्: with (his) two arms
• बाहुभ्याम्: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), द्विवचन

• तालान्: palm trees
• तालान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• सम्परिकम्पयन्: shaking violently
• सम्परिकम्पयन्: Kriyā-sahakārī (क्रियासहकारी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + परि + कम्प् (धातु), शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे ‘shaking’

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• पातयाम्: made (them) fall
• पातयाम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) causative पातय (णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect) periphrastic base (आम-प्रयोग), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘पातयाम्’ = causative perfect base ‘made fall’

• आस: did / was (auxiliary)
• आस: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; सहायक-क्रिया (auxiliary) with periphrastic perfect

• मतङ्गजः: a great elephant
• मतङ्गजः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मतङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘मतङ्ग इव गजः’ / ‘elephant (like a matanga)’ = a great elephant

• इव: like
• इव: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमावाचक-निपात)

• ओजसा: with strength
• ओजसा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

Characters & Entities

• Balarāma

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Balarama’s strength in Vraja-lila?

In this verse, Balarāma shakes the tāla palm trees with His arms and makes the fruits fall, being compared to a powerful elephant—showing His divine, effortless strength in Vraja.

Why is Balarama compared to an elephant in this shloka?

The comparison highlights irresistible power and vigor: just as a mighty elephant can shake trees, Balarāma effortlessly makes the palm fruits drop by shaking the trees.

Practical application of Krishna-lila descriptions in modern life?

Use such vivid līlā verses for daily remembrance (smaraṇa) and devotion—reading, reciting, and contemplating them to steady the mind on the Lord and His associates.