kiá¹ nu vaká¹£ye 'bhisaá¹…gamya
pitarau rÄma-keÅ›avau
yuddhÄt samyag apakrÄntaḥ
pṛṣá¹as tatrÄtmanaḥ ká¹£amam
kim - what; nu - then; vaká¹£ye - will I say; abhisaá¹…gamya - meeting; pitarau - with My fathers; rÄma-keÅ›avau - BalarÄma and Kṛṣṇa; yuddhÄt - from the battle; samyak - altogether; apakrÄntaḥ - fled; pṛṣá¹aḥ - questioned; tatra - in that case; Ätmanaḥ - for My self; ká¹£amam - fitting.
“What will I say to My fathers, RÄma and KeÅ›ava, when I return to Them after having simply fled the battle? What can I tell Them that will befit My honor?
ÅšrÄ« Pradyumna here uses the word pitarau, “fathers,†loosely. Lord BalarÄma was of course His uncle.
