Monday, June 9, 2014

Akeertim chaapi bhootaani - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 34

'Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita' recounts only selected verses of The Gita, which Krishna has said as it is.

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 34
English:
Akeertim chaapi bhootaani kathayishyanti te’vyayaam
Sambhaavitasya chaakeertir maranaad atirichyate
Sanskrit: 
अकीर्तिम् चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेव्ययाम्
सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर मरणात् अतिरिच्यते
Oriya: 
ଅକୀର୍ତିମ୍ ଚାପି ଭୂତାନି କଥୟିଷ୍ୟନ୍ତି ତେବ୍ୟୟାମ୍
ସମ୍ଭାବିତସ୍ୟ ଚାକୀର୍ତିର ମରଣାତ୍ ଅତିରିଚ୍ୟତେ

Selected word meaning:
akeertim - infamy, cha - also, api - moreover (too), bhootani - all people, kathayishyanti - will speak, te - of you, avyayaam - forever, sambhaavitasya - for a respectable man, cha - also, akirtih - infamy, maranaat - than death, atirichyate - becomes worse than

Translation:
People, too, will speak of your infamy forever, and for a respectable man, infamy is worse than death

Sources:
Sermons of Gita in Mahavarat by Sri B. R. Chopra
Sermons of Gita in Sri Krishna by Sri Ramanand Sagar
Bhagavad Gita by Sri Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society
Bhagavad Gita As it Is by Sri Swami Prabhupada of ISKCON

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