From the Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 2, Verse 34

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् |सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ||२-३४||

akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te.avyayām . sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate ||2-34||

अर्थ · Hindi

।।2.34।। और सब लोग तुम्हारी बहुत काल तक रहने वाली अपकीर्ति को भी कहते रहेंगे;  और सम्मानित पुरुष के लिए अपकीर्ति मरण से भी अधिक होती है।।

Meaning · English

2.34 People, too, will recount thy everlasting dishonour; and to one who has been honoured, dishonour is worse than death.

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