na tvayā bhīruṇā yotsye

yudhi viklava-tejasā

mathurāḿ sva-purīḿ tyaktvā

samudraḿ śaraṇaḿ gataḥ

na -- not; tvaya -- with You; bhiruna -- cowardly; yotsye -- I will fight; yudhi -- in battle; viklava -- impaired; tejasa -- whose strength; mathuram -- Mathura; sva -- Your own; purim -- city; tyaktva -- leaving; samudram -- to the ocean; saranam -- for shelter; gatah -- gone.


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

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