Vasudeva said Take my blessings, O Ghatotkacha, hear attentively what I now say to you. The hour for the display of your prowess and of no one else has now arrived.
श्रीवासुदेव उवाच घटोत्कच विजानीहि यत् त्वां वक्ष्यामि पुत्रक। प्राप्तो विक्रमकालोऽयं तव नान्यस्य कस्यचित्॥