2.34

Sanskrit · Devanagari

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te.avyayām sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate

All beings, too, will tell of your everlasting infamy and to one who has been honoured, infamy is (a) greater (evil) than death.

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 57%.