अग्रे तिष्ठत मात्रं मे न चेद् ग्राम्यसुखे स्पृहा ॥५॥
yadi vaḥ pradhane Å›raddhÄ
sÄraá¹ vÄ ká¹£ullakÄ há¹›di
agre tiá¹£á¹hata mÄtraá¹ me
na ced grÄmya-sukhe spá¹›hÄ
yadi - if; vaḥ - of you; pradhane - in battle; Å›raddhÄ - faith; sÄram - patience; vÄ - or; ká¹£ullakÄḥ - O insignificant ones; há¹›di - in the core of the heart; agre - in front; tiá¹£á¹hata - just stand; mÄtram - for a moment; me - of me; na - not; cet - if; grÄmya-sukhe - in sense gratification; spá¹›hÄ - desire.
O insignificant demigods, if you truly have faith in your heroism, if you have patience in the cores of your hearts and if you are not ambitious for sense gratification, please stand before me for a moment.
Rebuking the demigods, Vá¹›trÄsura challenged, “O demigods, if you are actually heroes, stand before me now and try to show your prowess. If you do not wish to fight, if you are afraid of losing your lives, I shall not kill you, for unlike you, I am not so evil minded as to kill persons who are neither heroic nor willing to fight. If you have faith in your heroism, please stand before me.â€
