तव राम यदि श्रद्धा युध्यस्व धैर्यमुद्वह । हित्वा वा मच्छरैश्छिन्नं देहं स्वर्याहि मां जहि ॥ १८ ॥
tava rāma yadi śraddhā yudhyasva dhairyam udvaha hitvā vā mac-charaiś chinnaṁ dehaṁ svar yāhi māṁ jahi
- tava
- Your
- rāma
- O Balarāma
- yadi
- if
- śraddhā
- confidence
- yudhyasva
- fight
- dhairyam
- courage
- udvaha
- take up
- hitvā
- leaving aside
- vā
- either
- mat
- my
- śaraiḥ
- by the arrows
- chinnam
- cut to pieces
- deham
- Your body
- svaḥ
- to heaven
- yāhi
- go
- mām
- (or else) me
- jahi
- kill
You, Rāma, should gather Your courage and fight with me, if You think You can do it. You may either give up Your body when it is cut to pieces by my arrows, and thus attain to heaven, or else kill me.