अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् | सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ||२-३४||
akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te.avyayām . sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate ||2-34||
- akīrtim
- infamy
- ca
- also
- api
- over and above
- bhūtāni
- all people
- kathayiṣyanti
- will speak
- te
- of you
- avyayām
- forever
- sambhāvitasya
- for a respectable man
- ca
- also
- akīrtiḥ
- ill fame
- maraṇāt
- than death
- atiricyate
- becomes more
People will always speak of your infamy, and for a respectable person, dishonor is worse than death.