SB 10.15.21
Devanāgarī
राम राम महाबाहो कृष्ण दुष्टनिबर्हण । इतोऽविदूरे सुमहद् वनं तालालिसङ्कुलम् ॥ २१ ॥
Text
rāma rāma mahā-bāho kṛṣṇa duṣṭa-nibarhaṇa ito ’vidūre su-mahad vanaṁ tālāli-saṅkulam
Synonyms
rāmarāma—O Rāma;mahā-bāho—O mighty-armed one;kṛṣṇa—O Kṛṣṇa;duṣṭa-nibarhaṇa—O eliminator of the miscreants;itaḥ—from here;avidūre—not far;su-mahat—very expansive;vanam—a forest;tāla-āli—with rows of palm trees;saṅkulam—filled.
Translation
[The cowherd boys said:] O Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one! O Kṛṣṇa, destroyer of the miscreants! Not far from here is a very great forest filled with rows of palm trees.
Purport
As stated in the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa:
asti govardhanaṁ nāma kṣetraṁ parama-durlabham mathurā-paścime bhāge adūrād yojana-dvayam
“Not far from the western side of Mathurā, at a distance of two yojanas [sixteen miles], is the holy place named Govardhana, which is most difficult to attain.” It is also stated in the Varāha Purāṇa:
asti tāla-vanaṁ nāma dhenakāsura-rakṣitam mathurā-paścime bhāge adūrād eka-yojanam
“Not far from the western side of Mathurā, one yojana away [eight miles], is the forest known as Tālavana, which was guarded by Dhenukāsura.” Thus it appears that the Tālavana forest is located midway between Mathurā and Govardhana Hill. The forest of Tālavana is described in the Śrī Hari-vaṁśa as follows:
sa tu deśaḥ samaḥ snigdhaḥ su-mahān kṛṣṇa-mṛttikaḥ darbha-prāyaḥ sthulī-bhūto loṣṭra-pāṣāṇa-varjitaḥ
“The land there is even, smooth and very expansive. The earth is black, densely covered with darbha grass and devoid of stones and pebbles.”
asti govardhanaṁ nāma kṣetraṁ parama-durlabham mathurā-paścime bhāge adūrād yojana-dvayam
“Not far from the western side of Mathurā, at a distance of two yojanas [sixteen miles], is the holy place named Govardhana, which is most difficult to attain.” It is also stated in the Varāha Purāṇa:
asti tāla-vanaṁ nāma dhenakāsura-rakṣitam mathurā-paścime bhāge adūrād eka-yojanam
“Not far from the western side of Mathurā, one yojana away [eight miles], is the forest known as Tālavana, which was guarded by Dhenukāsura.” Thus it appears that the Tālavana forest is located midway between Mathurā and Govardhana Hill. The forest of Tālavana is described in the Śrī Hari-vaṁśa as follows:
sa tu deśaḥ samaḥ snigdhaḥ su-mahān kṛṣṇa-mṛttikaḥ darbha-prāyaḥ sthulī-bhūto loṣṭra-pāṣāṇa-varjitaḥ
“The land there is even, smooth and very expansive. The earth is black, densely covered with darbha grass and devoid of stones and pebbles.”