They hacked him to pieces and gave his body to be devoured by jackals and wolves. The kine returned to the fold without the cowherd (Kacha).
हत्वा शालावृकेभ्यश्च प्रायच्छल्लवशः कृतम्। ततो गावो निवृत्तास्ता अगोपा: स्वं निवेशनम्॥