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Bhagavad Gita 2.34
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् | सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ||२-३४||
akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te.avyayām . sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate ||2-34||
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Swami SivanandaEnglish
2.34 People, too, will recount thy everlasting dishonour; and to one who has been honoured, dishonour is worse than death.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish
People will always speak of your infamy, and for a respectable person, dishonor is worse than death.