atha - thereupon; tān - them; durabhiprāyān - with evil intent; vilokya - seeing; bala-keśavau - Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; kruddhau - angry; dhanvanaḥ - of the bow; ādāya - taking; śakale - the two broken pieces; tān - them; ca - and; jaghnatuḥ - struck.

Seeing the guards coming upon Them with evil intent, Balarāma and Keśava took up the two halves of the bow and began striking them down.