Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 72: The Slaying of the Demon Jarāsandha

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.72.31

na tvayā bhīruṇā yotsye

yudhi viklava-tejasā

mathurāḿ sva-purīḿ tyaktvā

samudraḿ śaraṇaḿ gataḥ

SYNONYMS

na — not; tvayā — with You; bhīruṇā — cowardly; yotsyeI will fight; yudhiin battle; viklava — impaired; tejasā — whose strength; mathurāmMathurā; sva — Your own; purīm — city; tyaktvā — leaving; samudramto the ocean; śaraṇam — for shelter; gataḥ — gone.

TRANSLATION

"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 Mathurā to take shelter in the sea.

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