O sire, O monarch, Rukmaratha the son of Shalya, of mighty prowess-that brother (of Shahadeva), being son of the latter's maternal uncle, was slain by Shahadeva in battle.
शल्यपुत्रस्तु विक्रान्तः सहदेवेन मारिष। हतो रुक्मरथो राजन् भ्राता मातुलजो युधि॥