Adhyaya 186: Balarama and Krishna Slay Dhenuka in the Tālavana

Adhyāya 186, narrated by Vyāsa, presents a pastoral-heroic episode centered on the liberation of a fertile woodland from demonic occupation. Rāma (Saṃkarṣaṇa/Balabhadra) and Kṛṣṇa, while tending cattl