tayor nirÄ«ká¹£ato rÄjaá¹s
tan-nÄthaá¹ pramadÄ-janam
kroÅ›antaá¹ kÄlayÄm Äsa
diÅ›y udÄ«cyÄm aÅ›aá¹…kitaḥ
tayoḥ - the two of Them; nirÄ«ká¹£atoḥ - as They looked on; rÄjan - O King; tat-nÄtham - having Them as their Lords; pramadÄ-janam - the assemblage of women; kroÅ›antam - crying out; kÄlayÄm Äsa - he drove; diÅ›i - in the direction; udÄ«cyÄm - northern; aÅ›aá¹…kitaḥ - without fear.
O King, even as the two Lords looked on, Åšaá¹…khacÅ«á¸a brazenly began driving the women off toward the north. The women, who had accepted Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma as their Lords, began to cry out to Them.
According to ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ«, the demon Åšaá¹…khacÅ«á¸a shook a large stick at the beautiful young girls, thus frightening them and driving them toward the north. He did not actually touch them, as is corroborated by the following verse.
