Bhagavad Gita · 2.35
॥
Devanāgarī
भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः ।
येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bhayād raṇād uparataṁ maṁsyante tvāṁ mahārathāḥ |
yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
भयात्bhayātout of fear.
रणात्raṇātfrom the battle.
उपरतम्uparatamas having shied away, having withdrawn, having fled.
मंस्यन्तेmaṁsyantethey will consider, they will think.
त्वाम्tvāmyou.
महारथाःmahārathāḥthe great chariot-warriors (mahārathas).
येषाम्yeṣāmthose for whom; in whose eyes.
चcaand.
त्वम्tvamyou.
बहुमतःbahumataḥwere held in great honor, were highly esteemed.
भूत्वाbhūtvāhaving been.
यास्यसिyāsyasiyou will become, you will come [to a state].
लाघवम्lāghavamworthless, contemptible, insignificant.
Translation
“The great warrior-commanders will think that you fled the battlefield out of fear. And those who once held you in high esteem will come to regard you as worthless.”
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