श्रीशुक उवाच एवं चर्चितसङ्कल्पो भगवान् मधुसूदन: । आससादाथ चाणूरं मुष्टिकं रोहिणीसुत: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ carcita-saṅkalpo bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ āsasādātha caṇūraṁ muṣṭtikaṁ rohiṇī-sutaḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- evam
- thus
- carcita
- fixing
- saṅkalpaḥ
- His determination
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- madhusūdanaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa
- āsasāda
- confronted
- atha
- then
- cāṇūram
- Cāṇūra
- muṣṭikam
- Muṣṭika
- rohiṇī-sutaḥ
- the son of Rohiṇī, Lord Balarāma
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus addressed, Lord Kṛṣṇa made up His mind to accept the challenge. He paired off with Cāṇūra, and Lord Balarāma with Muṣṭika.