tasya cakranditam srutva

 gopalah sahasotthitah

grastam ca drstva vibhrantah

 sarpam vivyadhur ulmukaih

 

Translation: 

 

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.