Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.72.28

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

yuddhaḿ no dehi rājendra

dvandvaśo yadi manyase

yuddhārthino vayaḿ prāptā

rājanyā nānya-kāńkṣiṇaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord (Kṛṣṇa) said; yuddham — battle; naḥ — to us; dehi — please give; rāja-indra — O exalted King; dvandvaśaḥ — as a one-on-one duel; yadi — if; manyase — you think it proper; yuddha — for a fight; arthinaḥ — desirous; vayam — we; prāptāḥ — have come here; rājanyāḥ — members of the royal order; na — not; anya — anything else; kāńkṣiṇaḥ — wanting.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord said: O exalted King, give us battle in the form of a duel, if you think it fitting. We are princes and have come to beg a fight. We have no other request to make of you.

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