Sanskrit · Devanagari
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te.avyayām sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882All beings, too, will tell of your everlasting infamy and to one who has been honoured, infamy is (a) greater (evil) than death.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.34।। अकीर्तिं चापि युद्धे भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति ते तव अव्ययां दीर्घकालाम्। धर्मात्मा शूर इत्येवमादिभिः गुणैः संभावितस्य च अकीर्तिः मरणात् अतिरिच्यते संभावितस्य च अकीर्तेः वरं मरणमित्यर्थः।।किञ्च
78c6a71d653a…Rāmānuja
2.34 You will then incur not merely the loss of all happiness and honour but will be the object of disrespect by all people, the alifies and even the unalified, for all time. They will ridicule you saying, 'When the battle began, Arjuna ran away.' It it be asked, 'What if it be so?", the reply is: 'To one who is honoured by all for courage, prowess, valour, etc., this kind of dishonour arising from the reverse of these attributes, is worse than death? The meaning is that itself would be better for you than this kind of dishonour. If it is said, 'How could dishonour accrue to me, who am a hero, but have withdrawn from the battle only out of love and compassion for my relatives?' the reply is as follows:
50434c614321…Swami Sivananda
2.34 अकीर्तिम् dishonour? च and? अपि also? भूतानि beings? कथयिष्यन्ति will tell? ते thy? अव्ययाम् everlasting? संभावितस्य of the honoured? च and? अकीर्तिः dishonour? मरणात् than death? अतिरिच्यते exceeds.Commentary The world also will ever recount thy infamy which will survive thee for a long time. Death is really preferable to disgrace to one who has been honoured as a great hero and mighty warrior with noble alities.
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