athāgata-smṛtir abhayo ripuḿ balo
vihāya sārtham iva harantam ātmanaḥ
ruṣāhanac chirasi dṛḍhena muṣṭinā
surādhipo girim iva vajra-raḿhasā
atha -- then; agata-smritih -- remembering Himself; abhayah -- without fear; ripum -- His enemy; balah -- Lord Balarama; vihaya -- leaving aside; sartham -- the company; iva -- indeed; harantam -- kidnapping; atmanah -- Himself; rusha -- angrily; ahanat -- He struck; sirasi -- upon the head; dridhena -- hard; mushtina -- with His fist; sura-adhipah -- the king of the demigods, Indra; girim -- a mountain; iva -- just as; vajra -- of his thunderbolt weapon; ramhasa -- with the swiftness.
Remembering the actual situation, the fearless Balarama understood that the demon was triying to kidnap Him and take Him away from His companions. The Lord then became furious and struck the demon's head with His hard fist, just as Indra, the king of the demigods, strikes a mountain with his thunderbolt weapon.
Lord Balarama's powerful fist came crashing down upon the demon's head, just as a huge lightning bolt comes crashing into a mountain, cracking its stone surface into pieces. The words vihaya sartham iva may also be divided vihayasa artham iva, meaning that the demon was flying in the sky on the cosmic path, vihayas, with the purpose of carrying off Balarama, who was his artham, or object of pursuit.
