na tvayÄ bhÄ«ruá¹‡Ä yotsye
yudhi viklava-tejasÄ
mathurÄá¹ sva-purīṠtyaktvÄ
samudraṠśaraṇaṠgataḥ

 na - not; tvayÄ - with You; bhÄ«ruá¹‡Ä - cowardly; yotsye - I will fight; yudhi - in battle; viklava - impaired; tejasÄ - whose strength; mathurÄm - MathurÄ; sva - Your own; purÄ«m - city; tyaktvÄ - leaving; samudram - to the ocean; Å›araṇam - for shelter; gataḥ - gone.


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“But I will not fight with You, Kṛṣṇa, for You are a coward. Your strength abandoned You in the midst of battle, and You fled Your own capital of MathurÄ to take shelter in the sea.

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