SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 33<\/a><\/p>\n akIrthim chApi bhUthAni kathayishyanthi thE’vyayAm |<\/em> bhUthAni api – all living beings All living beings will speak disgracefully about you that could spread in all places and all times; for you who are praised for your valour etc, such disgrace will be worse than death.<\/p>\n \u2018Besides, people (the world) will be narrating of your eternal disgrace; but disgrace to a man of honor is worse than death.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n Not only are loss of happiness and fame entailed, but the world at large – both men competent to judge, and those incompetent – will speak of your disgrace, eternally<\/em>; that is, at all times and in all places, will they talk thus: \u2018P\u0101rtha beat a retreat when war commenced.\u2019 If you say, \u2018what matters that\u2019?, then, understand that to one like your noble self, imbued with such virtues as heroism, puissance, redoubtable courage, etc., the contrary behavior (of beating retreat), bringing you bad reputation, is worse than death. Than acquiring ill-fame of this kind, death for you is much better!<\/span><\/p>\n If you should question how ignominy could attach itself to one who is a hero (like you), and whose retirement from conflict is only prompted by motives of friendship and compassion for relatives, then know that:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 35<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 33 SlOkam \u2013 Original akIrthim chApi bhUthAni kathayishyanthi thE’vyayAm | sambhAvithasya chAkIrthir maraNAdhathirichyathE || word-by-word meaning bhUthAni api – all living beings thE – for you avyayAm – that could spread in all places and all times akIrthim cha … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-2","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n sambhAvithasya chAkIrthir maraNAdhathirichyathE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nthE – for you
\navyayAm – that could spread in all places and all times
\nakIrthim cha – disgrace
\nkathayishyanthi – will speak;
\nsambhAvithasya – for you who are praised for your valour etc
\nakIrthi: disgrace
\nmaraNAdh cha – more than death
\nathirichyathE – worse<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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