tasya -- his; ca -- and; akranditam -- the crying out; srutva -- hearing; gopalah -- the cowherds; sahasa -- suddenly; utthitah -- rising up; grastam -- seized; ca -- and; drishtva -- seeing; vibhrantah -- disturbed; sarpam -- the snake; vivyadhuh -- they beat; ulmukaih -- with flaming torches.

When the cowherd men heard the cries of Nanda, they immediately rose up and saw that he was being swallowed. Distraught, they beat the serpent with blazing torches.