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ŚB 10.42.20

Devanagari

अथ तान्दुरभिप्रायान् विलोक्य बलकेशवौ । क्रुद्धौ धन्वन आदाय शकले तांश्च जघ्नतु: ॥ २० ॥

Text

atha tān durabhiprāyān
vilokya bala-keśavau
kruddhau dhanvana ādāya
śakale tāṁś ca jaghnatuḥ

Synonyms

atha — thereupon; tān — them; durabhiprāyān — with evil intent; vilokya — seeing; bala-keśavau — Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; kruddhau — angry; dhanvanaḥ — of the bow; ādāya — taking; śakale — the two broken pieces; tān — them; ca — and; jaghnatuḥ — struck.

Translation

Seeing the guards coming upon Them with evil intent, Balarāma and Keśava took up the two halves of the bow and began striking them down.