tataḥ - then; vyamuñcat - released; yamunām - the Yamunā; yācitaḥ - begged; bhagavān - the Supreme Lord; balaḥ - Balarāma; vijagāha - He submerged Himself; jalam - in the water; strībhiḥ - with the women; kareṇubhiḥ - with his she-elephants; iva - as; ibha - of elephants; rāṭ - the king.

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Thereupon Lord Balarāma released the Yamunā and, like the king of the elephants with his entourage of she-elephants, entered the river’s water with His female companions.