Krishna, being pleased, accompanying all, went towards the bank of that tank
Balram knocked off the fruit of that tree which fell like the drops on the earth
With great rage, the demon Dhenuka struck with both feet together on his chest,
But Krishna, catching his legs, threw him like a dog.199.
Then the army of that demon, considering their general as killed,
Assumed the form of cows and in great fury, raising dust, attacked them
Krishna and mighty Haldhar caused that four-typed army fly away in all the ten directions
Like a farmer causes the chaff to fly away at the threshing floor, while separating it from the grain.200.
End of the description of “The killing of the demon Dhenuka” in Krishna Avatara in Bachittar Natak (as related in Dasham Skand Purana).
SWAYYA
Hearing about the destruction of the four-typed army of demons, the gods eulogised Krishna
All the gopa boys started back eating fruit and raising dust
The poet has described that scene like this,
That the dust raised by the hoofs of the horses reached the sun.201.
Destroying the demons alongwith the army, gopas, gopis and Krishna came back to their homes
The mothers were pleased and began to praise all in various ways
All were getting strengthened by eating rice and milk
The mothers said to the gopis, “In this way, the top-knots of all the people will become long and thick.”202.
Krishna slept after taking meal and dreamt that after drinking good deal of water,
His belly had been greatly filled
When the night advanced further, he heard a frightening sound, which asked him to go away from that place
Krishna came away from that place and reached his home and met his mother.203.
Krishna went to sleep and went again to the forest early in the morning, taking away his calves
At noon, he reached a place, where there was a very big tank