'Go quickly, O son of Kaitava, and tell Suyodhana: "Your word has been heard, its meaning understood; whatever your resolve, so let it be. And carry to him these further words of mine as well: show yourself tomorrow now, be a man, O evil-minded one. You think, fool, that Janardana will not fight because the sons of Pritha have chosen him as their charioteer, and so you have no fear. But even were this the last moment of time, I would burn up all the kings in my wrath, as fire consumes dry grass. Yet by the command of Yudhishthira I shall serve as charioteer to the great-souled Phalguna, the self-possessed one, when he goes forth to fight."'