BG - 2.35

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

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

• bhayāt - out of fear
• raṇāt - from the battlefield
• uparatam - have fled
• maṁsyante - will think
• tvām - you
• mahā-rathāḥ - warriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriors
• yeṣhām - for whom
• cha - and
• tvam - you
• bahu-mataḥ - high esteemed
• bhūtvā - having been
• yāsyasi - you will loose
• lāghavam - decreased in value

Translation

The great chariot-warriors will think that you have withdrawn from the battle out of fear, and you will be held in low esteem by those who have held you in high regard.

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