Gita Verse 2.34

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 34

Sanskrit Verse

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।

Transliteration

akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāni

kathayiṣhyanti te ’vyayām

sambhāvitasya chākīrtir

maraṇād atirichyate

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

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

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 2