Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 36 (BG 2.36) — Meaning, Translation & Commentary

2.36 अवाच्यवादान् words that are improper to be spoken? च and? बहून् many? वदिष्यन्ति will say? तव thy? अहिताः enemies? निन्दन्तः cavilling? तव thy? सामर्थ्यम् power? ततः than this? दुःखतरम् more painful? नु indeed? किम् what.Commentary There is really no pain more unbearable and tormenting that that of slander thus incurred.

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Observing that these arguments are finding favor in Arjun's mind, Sri Krishna now makes even clearer the defects inherent in fleeing from battle. Public condemnation, the charge of cowardice in abandoning the fight, and infamy recorded in history—for a person of honor, what greater suffering could there be than these?