श्रीभगवानुवाच युद्धं नो देहि राजेन्द्र द्वन्द्वशो यदि मन्यसे । युद्धार्थिनो वयं प्राप्ता राजन्या नान्यकाङ्क्षिण: ॥ २८ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca yuddhaṁ no dehi rājendra dvandvaśo yadi manyase yuddhārthino vayaṁ prāptā rājanyā nānya-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ
- 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
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.