Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥३६॥
avācya-vādāṁś ca bahūn
vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ
nindantas tava sāmarthyaṁ
tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim
Word for word (synonyms)
- avācya
- unkind
- vādān
- fabricated words
- ca
- also
- bahūn
- many
- vadiṣyanti
- will say
- tava
- your
- ahitāḥ
- enemies
- nindantaḥ
- while vilifying
- tava
- your
- sāmarthyam
- ability
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- duḥkhataram
- more painful
- nu
- of course
- kim
- what is there
Translation
Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful for you?
Purport
Lord Kṛṣṇa was astonished in the beginning at Arjuna's uncalled-for plea for compassion, and He described his compassion as befitting the non-Aryans. Now in so many words, He has proved His statements against Arjuna's so-called compassion.
What this verse teaches
By avoiding fight, you wil incur sin, infamy and criticism
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 2.27-38 1968-12-11 · Los Angeles
- Bhagavad-gītā 2.36–37 1973-09-04
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