• grāma - siṁhā — lions of the village (i.e., dogs)
  Grāma (village) + siṁha (lion). A sarcastic Sanskrit kenning — a dog is the 'village-lion'. The chapter has built the lion-image three times for Kṛṣṇa; here it is inverted for His attackers. The same word, opposite weight.
• harim — the lion (also: the Lord, Hari)
  Hari can mean both 'lion' and 'the Lord'. The dual meaning is deliberate. Grammatically: the village-dogs chase the lion; theologically: the kings chase Hari Himself. The text refuses to separate the two readings.
• anvasajjanta — they pursued, attached themselves behind
  Anu (after) + √sañj (to cling). The verb means both 'follow' and 'cling attachedly'. Their pursuit is described in the language of attachment — they cannot let go even after they have lost.
• niṣeddhum — to check, to obstruct
  Infinitive of ni + √sidh — to stop. The kings tried to obstruct the Lord's chariot. Gauḍīya commentators: this is the asura-volition in concentrated form — to obstruct the Lord's movement, to put oneself between Him and His bhakta.
• uddhṛta - iṣu - āsāḥ — whose bows had arrows raised (drawn)
  Uddhṛta (raised) + iṣu (arrow) + āsa (bow). Compound describing the suitors' position: bows already drawn before they were within range. The eagerness of failed kāma.

The kings rouse themselves at last and chase like village dogs barking at a lion — some flank the road ahead with raised bows, others trail behind. The image is unforgiving: grāma-siṁha, 'lion of the village,' is the Sanskrit kenning for a dog. Dogs imagine themselves lions when the real lion is not in view; when He appears, the imagination collapses.