BG - 2.34

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

akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣhyanti te ’vyayām sambhāvitasya chākīrtir maraṇād atirichyate

• 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

Translation

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

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