Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 35

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 35

    भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः। येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्।।2.35।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    bhayād raṇād uparataṁ mansyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ yeṣhāṁ cha tvaṁ bahu-mato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam

    Translation

    The great warriors will think that you have fled from battle out of fear. Those who held you in high esteem will now speak of you disparagingly.
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