तन्निशम्याब्रवीत्कृष्णो देशकालोचितं वच: । नियुद्धमात्मनोऽभीष्टं मन्यमानोऽभिनन्द्य च ॥ ३६ ॥
tan niśamyābravīt kṛṣṇo deśa-kālocitaṁ vacaḥ niyuddham ātmano ’bhīṣṭaṁ manyamāno ’bhinandya ca
- tat
- that
- niśamya
- hearing
- abravīt
- spoke
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- deśa
- for the place
- kāla
- and time
- ucitam
- appropriate
- vacaḥ
- words
- niyuddham
- wrestling
- ātmanaḥ
- to Himself
- abhīṣṭam
- desirable
- manyamānaḥ
- considering
- abhinandya
- welcoming
- ca
- and
Hearing this, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who liked to wrestle and welcomed the challenge, replied with words appropriate to the time and place.