तस्माद्भवद्भ्यां बलिभिर्योद्धव्यं नानयोऽत्र वै । मयि विक्रम वार्ष्णेय बलेन सह मुष्टिक: ॥ ४० ॥
tasmād bhavadbhyāṁ balibhir yoddhavyaṁ nānayo ’tra vai mayi vikrama vārṣṇeya balena saha muṣṭikaḥ
- tasmāt
- therefore
- bhavadbhyām
- You two
- balibhiḥ
- with those who are strong
- yoddhavyam
- should fight
- na
- there is not
- anayaḥ
- injustice
- atra
- in this
- vai
- certainly
- mayi
- to me
- vikrama
- (show) Your prowess
- vārṣṇeya
- O descendant of Vṛṣṇi
- balena saha
- with Balarāma
- muṣṭikaḥ
- Muṣṭika (should fight)
Therefore You two should fight powerful wrestlers. There’s certainly nothing unfair about that. You, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, can show Your prowess against me, and Balarāma can fight with Muṣṭika.