तां तु मे सुकृतां बुद्धिं सुहृद्भिः सह निश्चिताम्॥ कथं द्रक्ष्याम्यपावृत्तां परैरिव हतां चमूम्।
tāṃ tu me sukṛtāṃ buddhiṃ suhṛdbhiḥ saha niścitām|| kathaṃ drakṣyāmyapāvṛttāṃ parairiva hatāṃ camūm|
English Meaning
How shall I, having in consultation with my friends come to this decision, retract the same, like to an army defeated by the enemy?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)