Chapter 2, Verse 34
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te'vyayām. saṃbhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate.।2.34.।
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- अकीर्तिम्
- infamy, disgrace (accusative object)
- च अपि
- and also, moreover
- भूतानि
- beings, people
- कथयिष्यन्ति
- will speak of, will narrate/proclaim
- ते
- your
- अव्ययाम्
- imperishable, everlasting (modifying infamy)
- संभावितस्य
- of a person who has been honored/respected
- च
- and
- अकीर्तिः
- infamy, dishonor (nominative subject)
- मरणात्
- than death (ablative of comparison)
- अतिरिच्यते
- exceeds, surpasses, is worse than
Commentary
34. People, too, will recount thy everlasting infamy ; and, to one who has been esteemed, infamy is more than death.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अकीर्तिम्
च अपि
भूतानि
कथयिष्यन्ति
ते
अव्ययाम्
संभावितस्य
च
अकीर्तिः
मरणात्
अतिरिच्यते
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