Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 34

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 34

    अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣhyanti te ’vyayām sambhāvitasya chākīrtir maraṇād atirichyate

    Translation

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