Mahabharat
तथा सत्रीषु परतिश्रुत्य पौरुषं पुरुषेषु च कत्थमानॊ ऽभिनिर्याय किमर्थं न युयुत्ससे ॥ ४-३६-२० ॥
'Having so boldly spoken of thy prowess before both men and women at the time of setting out, why now would you shrink from the fight?' ॥ 4-36-20 ॥
english translation
tathA satrISu paratizrutya pauruSaM puruSeSu ca katthamAnò 'bhiniryAya kimarthaM na yuyutsase ॥ 4-36-20 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript