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इच्छेयं च गदाहस्तं राजन्द्रष्टुं वृकोदरम् । सुचिरं प्रार्थितो ह्येष मम नित्यं मनोरथः॥५-५४-३६॥
I wish, O King, to behold Vṛkodara with mace in hand. For a long time this has been my constant, earnestly desired ambition.
english translation
गदया निहतो ह्याजौ मम पार्थो वृकोदरः । विशीर्णगात्रः पृथिवीं परासुः प्रपतिष्यति॥५-५४-३७॥
When struck in battle by my mace, Vṛkodara—my foremost opponent—will fall upon the earth with shattered limbs, his life-breath departed.
english translation
गदाप्रहाराभिहतो हिमवानपि पर्वतः । सकृन्मया विशीर्येत गिरिः शतसहस्रधा॥५-५४-३८॥
Even Mount Himavān, if struck by a mace-blow, would by a single strike from me be shattered into hundreds of thousands of pieces.
english translation
स चाप्येतद्विजानाति वासुदेवार्जुनौ तथा । दुर्योधनसमो नास्ति गदायामिति निश्चयः॥५-५४-३९॥
And this too is known to them—Vāsudeva and Arjuna alike—that in mace-combat none is equal to Duryodhana; this is the settled conclusion.
english translation
तत्ते वृकोदरमयं भयं व्येतु महाहवे । व्यपनेष्याम्यहं ह्येनं मा राजन्विमना भव॥५-५४-४०॥
May your fear arising from Vṛkodara cease in the great engagement. I will indeed remove it; do not be distressed, O King.
english translation