(Baladeva then replied-) O Sri Krishna! King Duryodhana was mighty not any way less than me. Nobody here was able to face him in war with mace. Fall of Duryodhana unjust way or by tactics has humiliated me also, the shelterer is being condemned/insulted owing to defects in the person sheltered.
न चैष पतितः कृष्ण केवलं मत्समोऽसमः॥ आश्रित्य तु दौर्बल्यादाश्रयः परिभर्यते। ततो लागलमुद्यम्य भीममभ्यद्रवद् बली॥