न त्वया भीरुणा योत्स्ये युधि विक्लवतेजसा । मथुरां स्वपुरीं त्यक्त्वा समुद्रं शरणं गत: ॥ ३१ ॥
na tvayā bhīruṇā yotsye yudhi viklava-tejasā mathurāṁ sva-purīṁ tyaktvā samudraṁ śaraṇaṁ gataḥ
- na
- not
- tvayā
- with You
- bhīruṇā
- cowardly
- yotsye
- I will fight
- yudhi
- in battle
- viklava
- impaired
- tejasā
- whose strength
- mathurām
- Mathurā
- sva
- Your own
- purīm
- city
- tyaktvā
- leaving
- samudram
- to the ocean
- śaraṇam
- for shelter
- gataḥ
- gone
“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.