Chanura replied: --

"You are neither a boy nor a youth below fifteen, Krishna. Nor is

Balarama so. You killed that elephant with the might of a thousand

elephants as it were in sport. It is meet therefore you shall fight with

the powerful. There is no injustice in this. You measure your strength

with me and let Balarama do so with Mushtika."

So it was. The fight was a drawn one. At last the brothers killed their

rivals. Kuta then confronted Balarama, who killed him with his fist.

Sola and Tosala also fell dead before Krishna. The other wrestlers fled

for their lives. Rama and Krishna then called their Gopa companions and

began to dance together on the wrestling ground. "Well done," "Well

done," cried all, except Kansa.

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