Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 33
Chapter 2
Verse 34 of 72
Verse 35
Verse 2.34
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥2.34॥
2.34 akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te ‘vyayām saṃbhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Also beings will recount, Your everlasting dishonor. And for one who is highly esteemed, Dishonor exceeds death.

Stoller MillerLiterary

People will tell of your undying shame, and for a man of honor shame is worse than death.

ZaehnerJesuit

(34) And [all] creatures will recount your dishonor which will never pass away; and dishonor in a man well trained [to honor is an evil] surpassing death.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

2.34 People also will speak of your unending infamy. And to an honored person infamy is worse than death.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

2.34 Further, people will speak ill of you for all time, and for one accustomed to be honored, dishonor is worse than death.

SivanandaVedanta

2.34 People, too, will recount thy everlasting dishonor; and to one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.

Commentaries

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Sanskrit Original
Verse 33
Chapter 2
Verse 34 of 72
Verse 35