Bhagavad Gita 2.36
Chapter 2, verse 36
Meaning
Your enemies will say all kinds of things that should never be said, sneering at your strength and skill. What could hurt more than that?
The Sanskrit
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥ ३६ ॥
avācyavādāṃś ca bahūn vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ
nindantas tava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim
Say it
uh-vaach-yuh-vaa-daan-shchuh buh-hoon vuh-dish-yun-ti tuh-vaa-hi-taah
nin-dun-tuss tuh-vuh saa-mur-thyum tuh-to doo-khuh-tuh-rum noo kim
Word by word
- avācya-vādān ca bahūn
- and many unspeakable words
- vadiṣyanti tava ahitāḥ
- your enemies will say
- nindantaḥ tava sāmarthyam
- mocking your ability
- tataḥ duḥkhataram nu kim
- what could be more painful than that?
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 2.36 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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