Arthashastra
यश् च अत्र शूर वादिको अन्यतमो वा द्रष्टुम् आगच्छेत् तम् अन्ये लोह मुसलैर् हन्युः, यथा रक्षोभिर् हत इति ज्ञायेत ॥
Whoever accepts the challenge may be beaten to death by others with rods, making the people believe that he was killed by demons.
english translation
yaz ca atra zUra vAdiko anyatamo vA draSTum Agacchet tam anye loha musalair hanyuH, yathA rakSobhir hata iti jJAyeta ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript