ŚB 10.43.36
Canto 10, Chapter 43, Text 36
तन्निशम्याब्रवीत्कृष्णो देशकालोचितं वच: । नियुद्धमात्मनोऽभीष्टं मन्यमानोऽभिनन्द्य च ॥ ३६ ॥
tan niśamyābravīt kṛṣṇo
deśa-kālocitaṁ vacaḥ
niyuddham ātmano ’bhīṣṭaṁ
manyamāno ’bhinandya ca
deśa-kālocitaṁ vacaḥ
niyuddham ātmano ’bhīṣṭaṁ
manyamāno ’bhinandya ca
Word by word
tat — that; niśamya — hearing; abravīt — spoke; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; deśa — for the place; kāla — and time; ucitam — appropriate; vacaḥ — words; niyuddham — wrestling; ātmanaḥ — to Himself; abhīṣṭam — desirable; manyamānaḥ — considering; abhinandya — welcoming; ca — and.
Translation
Hearing this, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who liked to wrestle and welcomed the challenge, replied with words appropriate to the time and place.