Mahabharata 9.31.49

9.31.49

duryodhana uvāca |
ekaikena ca māṃ yūyamāsīdata yudhiṣṭhira |
na hyeko bahubhirnyāyyo vīra yodhayituṃ yudhi || 49 ||

"'Duryodhana said, "You will have, O Yudhishthira, to encounter me one at a time! It is not proper, that one hero should fight with many at the same time, especially when that single warrior is divested of armour, fatigued with exertion, covered with water, exceedingly mangled in limbs, and without cars, animals and troops! Let the gods in heaven behold me fight single-handed destitute of all equipment and deprived of even armour and weapons! I shall certainly fight all of you! Thou shalt be judge, as thou hast the necessary qualifications, of the propriety and impropriety of everything!"