sri-brahmana uvaca

sankarsano vasudevah

 pradyumno dhanvinam varah

aniruddho ’prati-ratho

 na tratum saknuvanti yat

 

tat katham nu bhavan karma

 duskaram jagad-isvaraih

tvam cikirsasi balisyat

 tan na sraddadhmahe vayam

 

Translation: 

 

The brahmana said: Neither Sankarsana; Vasudeva; Pradyumna, the best of bowmen; nor the unequaled warrior Aniruddha could save my sons. Then why do you naively attempt a feat that the almighty Lords of the universe could not perform? We cannot take you seriously.