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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .3.20

sva-śaktyā sahajotsāha-ratir, yathā –
[sva-shaktyaa sahajotsaaha-ratir, yathaa –]
śukākāraṁ prekṣya me bāhu-daṇḍaṁ
[shukaakaaram prekshya me baahu-dandam]
mā tvaṁ bhaiṣīḥ kṣudra re bhadrasena |
[maa tvam bhaisheeh kshudra re bhadrasena |]
helārambheṇādya nirjitya rāmaṁ
[helaarambhenaadya nirjitya raamam]
śrīdāmāhaṁ kṛṣṇam evāhvayeya ||20||
[shreedaamaaham krishnam evaahvayeya ||20||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sva-śaktyā sahajotsāha-ratir, yathā –
śukākāraṁ prekṣya me bāhu-daṇḍaṁ
mā tvaṁ bhaiṣīḥ kṣudra re bhadrasena |
helārambheṇādya nirjitya rāmaṁ
śrīdāmāhaṁ kṛṣṇam evāhvayeya ||20||
Natural desire to fight encouraged only by oneself: O wimpy Bhadrasena! I am Śrīdāma. Do not be afraid on seeing my arm thick like an elephant’s trunk. Today I will defeat Balarāma in a mock battle, and then challenge Kṛṣṇa to fight.

Once Śrīdāmā challenged Bhadrasena and said to him, “My dear friend, you needn’t be afraid of me yet. I shall first of all defeat our brother Balarāma, then I shall beat Kṛṣṇa, and then I shall come to you.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Āhvayeya is ātmanepada verb form (I should call out for Kṛṣṇa), meaning “I will challenge Him for my pleasure.”

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