SB 10.72.28
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 28
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
yuddhaṁ no dehi rājendra
dvandvaśo yadi manyase
yuddhārthino vayaṁ prāptā
rājanyā nānya-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ
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; kāṅkṣiṇaḥ—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.