sareshu -- the arrows; hiyamaneshu -- as they became depleted; bhajyamaneshu -- as they became broken; dhanvasu -- the bows; sastreshu -- the missile weapons; kshiyamaneshu -- as they were used up; mushtibhih -- with their fists; jahruh -- they seized; erakah -- cane stalks.

When all their bows had been broken and their arrows and other missiles spent, they seized the tall stalks of cane with their bare hands.