।।2.34।।न केवलं निरतिशयसुखकीर्तिहानिमात्रं पार्थो युद्धे प्रारब्धे पलायित इति अव्ययां सर्व देशकालव्यापिनीम् अकीर्तिं च समर्थानि असमर्थानि सर्वाणि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति ततः किमिति चेत् शौर्यवीर्यपराक्रमादिभिः सर्व संभावितस्य तद्विपर्ययजा हि अकीर्तिः मरणाद् अतिरिच्यते। एवंविधाया अकीर्तेः मरणम् एव तव श्रेयः इत्यर्थः।बन्धुस्नेहात् कारुण्याच्च युद्धात् निवृत्तस्य शूरस्य मम अकीर्तिः कथम् आगामिष्यति इति अत्राह
2.34 You will then incur not merely the loss of all happiness and honour but will be the object of disrespect by all people, the alifies and even the unalified, for all time. They will ridicule you saying, 'When the battle began, Arjuna ran away.' It it be asked, 'What if it be so?", the reply is: 'To one who is honoured by all for courage, prowess, valour, etc., this kind of dishonour arising from the reverse of these attributes, is worse than death? The meaning is that itself would be better for you than this kind of dishonour.
If it is said, 'How could dishonour accrue to me, who am a hero, but have withdrawn from the battle only out of love and compassion for my relatives?' the reply is as follows:
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