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अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यंति तेऽव्ययाम्।
संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥ ३४ ॥
Men will recount thy perpetual dishonor, and, to one highly esteemed, dishonor exceedeth death. (34)
अकीर्ति dishonor ; च and ; अपि also ; भूतानि creatures; कथयिष्यंति will relate; ते thy; अव्ययाम् undiminishing; संभावितस्य of the honored; च and ; अकीर्तिः dishonor; मरणात् than death ; अतिरिच्यते exceeds.
भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यंते त्वां महारथाः।
येषां च त्व बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्।३५॥
The great car-warriors will think thee fled from the battle from fear, and thou that wast highly thought of by them, wilt be lightly held. (35)
भयात् from fear ; रणात् from the battle ; उपरतं withdrawn; मंस्यंते will think ; त्वां thee ; महारथाः the great car-warriors; येषां of whom ; च and ; त्वं thou ; बहु much ; मतः thought (of); भूत्वा having been ; यास्यंसि wilt go; लाघवम् to lightness.
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यंति तवाहिताः ।
निंदंतस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥३६॥
Many unseemly words will be spoken by thine enemies, slandering thy strength; what more painful than that? (36) ,
