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ŚB 10.76.31

Devanagari

व्यक्तं मे कथयिष्यन्ति हसन्त्यो भ्रातृजामय: ।
क्लैब्यं कथं कथं वीर तवान्यै: कथ्यतां मृधे ॥ ३१ ॥

Text

vyaktaṁ me kathayiṣyanti
hasantyo bhrātṛ-jāmayaḥ
klaibyaṁ kathaṁ kathaṁ vīra
tavānyaiḥ kathyatāṁ mṛdhe

Synonyms

vyaktam — certainly; me — My; kathayiṣyanti — will speak of; hasantyaḥ — laughing; bhrātṛ-jāmayaḥ — My brothers’ wives; klaibyam — unmanliness; katham — how; katham — how; vīra — O hero; tava — Your; anyaiḥ — by Your enemies; kathyatām — tell us; mṛdhe — in battle.

Translation

“Certainly My sisters-in-law will laugh at Me and say, ‘O hero, tell us how in the world Your enemies turned You into such a coward in battle.’”