Bhagavad Gita · 2.36
॥
Devanāgarī
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
avācyavādāṁś ca bahūn vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ |
nindantas tava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अवाच्यवादान्avācya-vādānunbecoming words, insults, that which should not be said.
चcaand.
बहून्bahūnmany, a multitude.
वदिष्यन्तिvadiṣyantithey will speak.
तवtavayour.
अहिताःahitāḥill-wishers, enemies.
निन्दन्तःnindantaḥdisparaging, mocking, slandering.
तवtavayour.
सामर्थ्यम्sāmarthyamprowess, might, capability.
ततःtataḥthan this.
दुःखतरम्duḥkha-tarammore agonizing, more painful.
नुnuindeed.
किम्kimwhat [could there be]?
Translation
“Your enemies will speak many unbecoming words about you, mocking your prowess. What could be more agonizing than that?”
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