घटस्व नोऽस्वस्तय आश्वनूहः ।
संस्थाप्य चास्मान्प्रमृजाश्रु स्वकानां
यः स्वां प्रतिज्ञां नातिपिपर्त्यसभ्यः ॥१२॥
tvaá¹ pad-rathÄnÄá¹ kila yÅ«thapÄdhipo
ghaá¹asva no 'svastaya ÄÅ›v anÅ«haḥ
saá¹sthÄpya cÄsmÄn pramá¹›jÄÅ›ru svakÄnÄá¹
yaḥ svÄá¹ pratijñÄá¹ nÄtipiparty asabhyaḥ
tvam - you; pad-rathÄnÄm - of foot soldiers; kila - indeed; yÅ«thapa - of the leaders; adhipaḥ - the commander; ghaá¹asva - take steps; naḥ - Our; asvastaye - for defeat; ÄÅ›u - promptly; anÅ«haḥ - without consideration; saá¹sthÄpya - having killed; ca - and; asmÄn - Us; pramá¹›ja - wipe away; aÅ›ru - tears; svakÄnÄm - of your kith and kin; yaḥ - he who; svÄm - his own; pratijñÄm - promised word; na - not; atipiparti - fulfills; asabhyaḥ - not fit to sit in an assembly.
You are supposed to be the commander of many foot soldiers, and now you may take prompt steps to overthrow Us. Give up all your foolish talk and wipe out the cares of your kith and kin by slaying Us. One may be proud, yet he does not deserve a seat in an assembly if he fails to fulfill his promised word.
A demon may be a great soldier and commander of a large number of infantry, but in the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead he is powerless and is destined to die. The Lord, therefore, challenged the demon not to go away but to fulfill his promised word to kill Him.
