तत: कृष्णं च रामं च ज्ञातयो धेनुकस्य ये । क्रोष्टारोऽभ्यद्रवन् सर्वे संरब्धा हतबान्धवा: ॥ ३६ ॥
tataḥ kṛṣṇaṁ ca rāmaṁ ca jñātayo dhenukasya ye kroṣṭāro ’bhyadravan sarve saṁrabdhā hata-bāndhavāḥ
- tataḥ
- then
- kṛṣṇam
- at Lord Kṛṣṇa
- ca
- and
- rāmam
- Lord Rāma
- ca
- and
- jñātayaḥ
- the intimate companions
- dhenukasya
- of Dhenuka
- ye
- who
- kroṣṭāraḥ
- the asses
- abhyadravan
- attacked
- sarve
- all
- saṁrabdhāḥ
- enraged
- hata-bāndhavāḥ
- their friend having been killed
The other ass demons, close friends of Dhenukāsura, were enraged upon seeing his death, and thus they all immediately ran to attack Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.