• brahma-druham — the harasser of brāhmaṇas
  Compound: brahma (brāhmaṇas, also the Veda) + druh (one who injures). The same word-field that condemns Hiraṇyakaśipu and Rāvaṇa. Bhāgavata-dharma turns lethal precisely at this point — Balarāma's anger is not personal but a defense of the dvija class who carries the Veda.
• hala-agreṇa — with the front end of His plow
  Compound: hala (plow) + agra (tip), instrumental. The same plow that opens furrows for grain serves here as a hook to lift a demon down from the sky. The hala has two operations and one purpose: to keep the earth fit for yajña.
• ākṛṣya — pulling toward Him
  Absolutive of ā + √kṛṣ, 'to drag.' The same root that gives the name Kṛṣṇa (the all-attractive). Balarāma's hala is the elder brother's ākarṣaṇa — what He draws toward Himself, no sky can keep away.
• kruddhaḥ — angry
  From √krudh. Bhagavān's krodha is not vice; it is the form His protective will takes when His devotees are attacked. Gauḍīyas distinguish it from rajasic anger: it arises, accomplishes its work, and subsides without leaving residue.

• Where am I letting an attack land fully before responding when earlier intervention is possible?
• What helps me act at the speed of the situation?

The plow's tip hooks a flying demon out of the sky the way a fisherman's gaff lifts a fish out of water — Balvala thought the air would hide him, but every direction is under Balarāma's hand. Then the club comes down on the brāhmaṇa-tormentor's skull, and the lesson is finished in two strokes: there is no altitude at which a brahma-druh can escape the protector of brāhmaṇas.