O Shalya, I must be the most courageous man in all the world to challenge in battle that foremost of men of the royal race, that hero who possesses such might and qualities and more so, as he is seconded by him of the Vrishni's race (Krishna).
तमीदृशं वीर्यगुणोपपन्नं कृष्णद्वितीयं परमं नृपाणाम्। तमाह्वयन् साहसमुत्तमं वै जाने स्वयं सर्वलोकस्य शल्य॥