kṛṣṇas tu tat pauṇḍraka-kāśirājayor
balaḿ gaja-syandana-vāji-patti-mat
gadāsi-cakreṣubhir ārdayad bhṛśaḿ
yathā yugānte huta-bhuk pṛthak prajāḥ
krishnah -- Lord Krishna; tu -- however; tat -- that; paundraka-kasirajayoh -- of Paundraka and the King of Kasi; balam -- military force; gaja -- elephants; syandana -- chariots; vaji -- horses; patti -- and infantry; mat -- consisting of; gada -- with His club; asi -- sword; cakra -- disc; isubhih -- and arrows; ardayat -- tormented; bhrisam -- fiercely; yatha -- as; yuga -- of an age of universal history; ante -- at the end; huta-bhuk -- the fire (of universal annihilation); prithak -- of different kinds; prajah -- living entities.
But Lord Krishna fiercely struck back at the army of Paundraka and Kasiraja, which consisted of elephants, chariots, cavalry and infantry. The Lord tormented His enemies with His club, sword, Sudarsana disc and arrows, just as the fire of annihilation torments the various kinds of creatures at the end of a cosmic age.
Srila Prabhupada comments as follows in Krishna: "The soldiers on the side of King Paundraka began to shower their weapons upon Krishna. The weapons, including various kinds of tridents, clubs, poles, lances, swords, daggers and arrows, came flying in waves, and Krishna counteracted them. He smashed not only the weapons but also the soldiers and assistants of Paundraka, just as during the dissolution of this universe the fire of devastation burns everything to ashes. The elephants, chariots, horses and infantry belonging to the opposite party were scattered by the weapons of Krishna."
