Bhagavad Gita 2.36
Sankhya Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः | निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ||२-३६||
Transliteration
avācyavādāṃśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ . nindantastava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim ||2-36||
Thy enemies also, cavilling at thy power, will speak many abusive words. What is more painful than this?
Word by Word
अवाच्यवादान् words that are improper to be spoken, च and, बहून् many, वदिष्यन्ति will say, तव thy, अहिताः enemies, निन्दन्तः cavilling, तव thy, सामर्थ्यम् power, ततः than this, दुःखतरम् more painful, नु indeed, किम् what
Classical Commentary
There is really no pain more unbearable and tormenting that that of slander thus incurred.