Bhagavad Gita 2.35
Chapter 2, verse 35
Meaning
The great warriors will assume you pulled out of the fight because you were afraid. Those who once thought so highly of you will come to think you small.
The Sanskrit
भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः ।
येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥ ३५ ॥
bhayād raṇād uparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ
yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam
Say it
bhuh-yaad ruh-naa-doo-puh-ruh-tum mun-syun-tay tvaam muh-haa-ruh-thaah
yay-shaam chuh tvum buh-hoo-muh-to bhoo-tvaa yaa-syuh-si laa-ghuh-vum
Word by word
- bhayāt
- out of fear
- raṇāt uparatam
- withdrawn from battle
- maṃsyante tvām
- they will think of you
- mahārathāḥ
- the great chariot-warriors
- yeṣām ca tvam bahumataḥ bhūtvā
- and you, once highly regarded by them
- yāsyasi lāghavam
- will fall into contempt (be thought small)
Read it in context: verses 2.33–36What will people say?With the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Fear of their opinion, or of letting people down?
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.35 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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