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Harivamsha 75.28

Harivaṃśa 75.28

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Sanskrit

75.28

ye tu kecit svadoṣeṇa rājñaḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ
yotsyāma bālā balibhir bāhubhiḥ saha saṃkaṭe |
evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇaś cāṇūraṃ samapadyata |
āsphoṭya bāhū rājendra cāṇūraḥ kṛṣṇam abhyayāt ||
tāv ubhau siṃhavikrāntau mattāv iva mahāgajau |
yuyudhāte tadānyonyam ebhir mallapariśramaiḥ |
pratāpārthe hatā mallā mallahantur vadho hi saḥ //

Those who, by their own fault, fancy themselves wise before the king, / say: "We boys will fight with the strong-armed in close combat!"
Having spoken thus, Kṛṣṇa then engaged Cāṇūra.
Slapping his arms, O king of kings, Cāṇūra advanced toward Kṛṣṇa.
Both of them, valorous as lions, like two rutting great elephants,
fought each other with these wrestling exercises;
wrestlers were killed for the sake of glory, for that is the death of a wrestler-killer.'

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