किं नु वक्ष्येऽभिसङ्गम्य पितरौ रामकेशवौ । युद्धात्सम्यगपक्रान्त: पृष्टस्तत्रात्मन: क्षमम् ॥ ३० ॥
kiṁ nu vakṣye ’bhisaṅgamya pitarau rāma-keśavau yuddhāt samyag apakrāntaḥ pṛṣṭas tatrātmanaḥ kṣamam
- kim
- what
- nu
- then
- vakṣye
- will I say
- abhisaṅgamya
- meeting
- pitarau
- with My fathers
- rāma-keśavau
- Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa
- yuddhāt
- from the battle
- samyak
- altogether
- apakrāntaḥ
- fled
- pṛṣṭaḥ
- questioned
- tatra
- in that case
- ātmanaḥ
- for My self
- kṣamam
- fitting
“What will I say to My fathers, Rāma and Keśava, when I return to Them after having simply fled the battle? What can I tell Them that will befit My honor?