तर्ह्येव हि शल: कृष्णप्रपदाहतशीर्षक: । द्विधा विदीर्णस्तोशलक उभावपि निपेततु: ॥ २७ ॥
tarhy eva hi śalaḥ kṛṣṇa- prapadāhata-śīrṣakaḥ dvidhā vidīrṇas tośalaka ubhāv api nipetatuḥ
- tarhi eva
- and then
- hi
- indeed
- śalaḥ
- the wrestler Śala
- kṛṣṇa
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- prapada
- by the toes
- āhata
- struck
- śīrṣakaḥ
- his head
- dvidhā
- in two
- vidīrnaḥ
- torn
- tośalaka
- Tośala
- ubhau api
- both of them
- nipetatuḥ
- fell down
Then Kṛṣṇa kicked in Śala’s head and tore Tośala in half, and both wrestlers fell down dead.