taiḥ taiḥ - with all these; niyuddha - of wrestling; vidhibhiḥ - techniques; vividhaiḥ - various; acyuta-itarau - Lord Acyuta and His opponent; yuyudhāte - fought; yathā - as; anyonyam - with each other; tathā eva - just so; bala-muṣṭikau - Lord Balarāma and Muṣṭika.

Lord Balarāma and Muṣṭika, expertly displaying numerous wrestling techniques, battled each other in the same way that Lord Kṛṣṇa and His opponent did.