tayor nirīkṣato rājaḿs
tan-nāthaḿ pramadā-janam
krośantaḿ kālayām āsa
diśy udīcyām aśańkitaḥ
tayoh -- the two of Them; nirikshatoh -- as They looked on; rajan -- O King; tat-natham -- having Them as their Lords; pramada-janam -- the assemblage of women; krosantam -- crying out; kalayam asa -- he drove; disi -- in the direction; udicyam -- northern; asankitah -- without fear.
O King, even as the two Lords looked on, Sankhacuda brazenly began driving the women off toward the north. The women, who had accepted Krishna and Balarama as their Lords, began to cry out to Them.
According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti, the demon Sankhacuda 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.
