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Bhagavad-gītā 2.35
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 35
- भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः ।
- येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥३५॥
- bhayād raṇād uparataṁ
- maṁsyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ
- yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahu-mato
- bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam
bhayātout of fear — out of fear; raṇātfrom the battlefield — from the battlefield; uparatamceased — ceased; maṁsyantethey will consider — they will consider; tvāmyou — you; mahāthe great generals-rathāḥthe great generals — the great generals; yeṣāmfor whom — for whom; caalso — also; tvamyou — you; bahuin great estimation-mataḥin great estimation — in great estimation; bhūtvāhaving been — having been; yāsyasiyou will go — you will go; lāghavamdecreased in value — decreased in value.
The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlefield out of fear only, and thus they will consider you insignificant.
Lord Kṛṣṇa continued to give His verdict to Arjuna: "Do not think that the great generals like Duryodhana, Karṇa, and other contemporaries will think that you have left the battlefield out of compassion for your brothers and grandfather. They will think that you have left out of fear for your life. And thus their high estimation of your personality will go to hell."