Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 36

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 36

    अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः। निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    avāchya-vādānśh cha bahūn vadiṣhyanti tavāhitāḥ nindantastava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim

    Translation

    Your enemies, slandering your prowess, will use words that should never be uttered. What could be more painful than that?
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