Verse 27

²²his ministers, and the elephant-keepers too, the Bhoja king called together and spoke to them: Listen to this, you heroes, Canura and Mustika. ²³In Nanda's Vraja, so they say, live the two sons of Anakadundubhi, Rama and Krsna; and from those two, so they say, my death has been shown to me. ²⁴When the two of them are brought here, let them be killed by you in the play of wrestling. Let stands of every kind be built, ringing the wrestling ground. Let all the townsmen and the country people watch a bout fought as the fighters please. ²⁵Elephant-master, good man, let the elephant Kuvalayapida be led to the gate of the ground, and with him kill these two who wish me ill.

²⁶Let the sacrifice of the bow be begun on the fourteenth in the proper way. Let them cut down beasts fit for the offering for the bountiful king of spirits. ²⁷Having given this order, he who knows how business is worked called the best of the Yadus, took his hand in his own hand, and then spoke to Akrura.