nūnam - certainly; nānā - by various; mada - by passions; unnaddhāḥ - puffed up; śāntim - peace; na icchanti - they do not desire; asādhavaḥ - scoundrels; teṣām - their; hi - indeed; praśamaḥ - pacification; daṇḍaḥ - physical punishment; paśūnām - for animals; laguḍaḥ - a stick; yathā - as.

[Lord Balarāma said:] “Clearly the many passions of these scoundrels have made them so proud that they do not want peace. Then let them be pacified by physical punishment, as animals are with a stick.