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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.15.37

तांस्तानापतत: कृष्णो रामश्च नृप लीलया । गृहीतपश्चाच्चरणान् प्राहिणोत्तृणराजसु ॥ ३७ ॥
tāṁs tān āpatataḥ kṛṣṇo
[taams taan aapatatah krishno]
rāmaś ca nṛpa līlayā
[raamash cha nripa leelayaa]
gṛhīta-paścāc-caraṇān
[griheeta-pashchaach-charanaan]
prāhiṇot tṛṇa-rājasu
[praahinot trina-raajasu]
Word-for-word
tān tān — all of them, one by one āpatataḥ — attacking kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma ca — and nṛpa — O King līlayā — easily gṛhīta — seizing paścāt - caraṇān — their hind legs prāhiṇot — threw tṛṇa - rājasu — into the palm trees .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tāṁs tān āpatataḥ kṛṣṇo
tān tān
all of them, one by one
āpatataḥ
attacking
kṛṣṇaḥ
Lord Kṛṣṇa
rāmaś ca nṛpa līlayā
rāmaḥ
Lord Balarāma
ca
and
nṛpa
O King
līlayā
easily
gṛhīta-paścāc-caraṇān
gṛhīta
seizing
paścāt - caraṇān
their hind legs
prāhiṇot tṛṇa-rājasu
prāhiṇot
threw
tṛṇa - rājasu
into the palm trees .
Important Words
  • tān tān — all of them, one by one
    Repeated accusative — distributive. Each one. Gauḍīya: the doubling tān-tān shows the methodical character of the kill; not a frenzied sweep but ordered processing.
  • līlayā — easily
    Same as verse 34 — by play. Gauḍīya: when the Bhāgavatam says līlayā for an act, it means the act required no effort; it is play, not labor. The two boys empty Tālavana of demons as a game.
  • paścāt-caraṇān — their hind legs
    paścāt (rear) + caraṇa (foot). Same anatomy as Dhenuka's parāk-stham kick. Gauḍīya: the very limbs the demons trained to kick are the handles by which they are picked up; their offensive weapons become their carrying-handles.
  • prāhiṇot — threw
    Aorist of pra + √hi — to send forth. Gauḍīya note: the Lord 'sends' the asuras to the tree-tops; the verb prāhiṇot is also used for sending devotees to Vaikuṇṭha. The destination differs; the verb is the same.
  • tṛṇa-rājasu — into the palm trees
    Plural locative of tṛṇa-rāja — king-of-grass, palm. Gauḍīya: same epithet as verse 32. The palm trees become a graveyard of asses — the kings of grass crowned with the bodies of false kings.
O King, as the demons attacked, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma easily seized them one after another by their hind legs and threw them all into the tops of the palm trees.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King, as the demons attacked, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma easily seized them one after another by their hind legs and threw them all into the tops of the palm trees.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Śukadeva addresses the king out of joy. Or just as a king easily kills animals while hunting for sport, they two boys easily killed the donkeys. Tṛṇa-rājasu comes from tṛna-rājan. In a compound it usually becomes tṛṇa-rāja, and the locative plural would be tṛṇa-rājeṣu, but the rule is not universal.

Related values & verses
Related values
Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
Related verses
BG 2.12 BG 10.3 BG 5.4 BG 10.1 SB 1.2BG 5.18 BG 3.30 BG 7.1 BG 6.5 BG 2.66 BG 1.1 BG 16.1 BG 2.62 BG 12.1 BG 13.3 BG 15.7 BG 6.47
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Personal Guidance
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma calmly seize the attacking demons by their legs and throw them into palm tops, one after another. Repetitive obstacles get repetitive treatment. Stay steady; the method that worked once works again.
Reflection Questions
  • What method that worked for my last 'demon' am I forgetting to apply to the next?
  • Where am I treating each new obstacle as if it required a brand-new strategy?
Analogy

A worker handles harvest-bundles one by one and stacks them — efficient, casual. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma handle the demon-asses the same way: tān tān, one by one, by the hind legs, into the palm-tops. The kill that took narrative-space for Dhenuka becomes routine for his friends. The līlā shows the difference between unique demons and disposable lieutenants.

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