Shloka 34

कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश

Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction

Devanagari script

अकीर्ति चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेडव्ययाम्‌ । सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मिरणादतिरिच्यते,तथा सब लोग तेरी बहुत कालतक रहनेवाली अपकीर्तिका भी कथन करेंगे और माननीय पुरुषके लिये अपकीर्ति मरणसे भी बढ़कर है

Transliteration

akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te 'vyayām | sambhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate ||

Translation

สรรพสัตว์ทั้งหลายจักกล่าวถึงความอัปยศอันไม่เสื่อมสิ้นของท่านด้วย และสำหรับผู้เคยได้รับการยกย่องแล้ว ความอัปยศยิ่งเลวร้ายกว่าความตาย

Word by Word

• अकीर्तिम्: disgrace, ill-fame
• अकीर्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भूतानि: beings, people
• भूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• कथयिष्यन्ति: will speak/tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: your (of you)
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अव्ययाम्: imperishable, lasting
• अव्ययाम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्भावितस्य: of an honored/respected (person)
• सम्भावितस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भावित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अकीर्तिः: disgrace
• अकीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मरणात्: than death/from death
• मरणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अतिरिच्यते: surpasses, exceeds
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-रिच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada (passive-like sense)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• unnamed addressee (Arjuna in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

For a person of established honor, enduring public disgrace is portrayed as more painful than death; therefore one should not abandon righteous duty out of fear, since cowardice brings lasting infamy.

What is happening in the narrative?

On the battlefield setting of Bhīṣma Parva, the discourse emphasizes the social-ethical consequences of withdrawing from combat: people will remember and repeat the warrior’s disgrace for a long time, undermining his honored status.