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Bhagavad Gītā 2.34

BG 2.34

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते

akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣhyanti te ’vyayām sambhāvitasya chākīrtir maraṇād atirichyate

Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonor is worse than death.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

People will also recount your everlasting dishonor; and for one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

akīrtim—infamy; cha—and; api—also; bhūtāni—people; kathayiṣhyanti—will speak; te—of your; avyayām—everlasting; sambhāvitasya—of a respectable person; cha—and; akīrtiḥ—infamy; maraṇāt—than death; atirichyate—is greater

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 2.34, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/2.34), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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