Verse 2.36
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥
Transliteration
avācyavādāṃśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ |
nindantastava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Thy enemies also, cavilling at thy power, will speak many abusive words. What is more painful than this?
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Your enemies will say many things that should not be said, mocking your strength. What could be more painful than that?
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna completes the picture of public shame. Arjuna's enemies would mock his strength and say many things not fit to be said. He asks what could be more painful than that. This concludes the series of verses that argue from honour and reputation. Some readers find these appeals less lofty than what precedes them, yet they serve a purpose: they show Arjuna that the path he proposes is not as clean as it seems, and that walking away carries its own suffering.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08