Chapter 2 · Verse 35

Transcendental Knowledge

भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः। येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्

bhayād raṇād uparataṁ mansyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ yeṣhāṁ cha tvaṁ bahu-mato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam

Word Meanings

bhayāt — out of fear; raṇāt — from the battlefield; uparatam — have fled; maṁsyante — will think; tvām — you; mahā-rathāḥ — warriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriors; yeṣhām — for whom; cha — and; tvam — you; bahu-mataḥ — high esteemed; bhūtvā — having been; yāsyasi — you will loose; lāghavam — decreased in value

Language:

Translation

The great warriors will think you have withdrawn from battle out of fear, and those who once held you in high esteem will come to regard you with contempt.

Commentary

भयात् from fear? रणात् from the battle? उपरतम् withdrawn? मंस्यन्ते will think? त्वाम् thee? महारथाः the great carwarriors? येषाम् of whom? च and? त्वम् thou? बहुमतः much thought of? भूत्वा having been? यास्यसि will receive? लाघवम् lightness.Commentary Duryodhana and others will certainly think that you have fled from the battle from fear of Karna and others? but not through compassion and reverence for elders and teachers. Duryodhana and others who have shown great esteem to you on account of your chivalry? bravery and other noble alities? will think very lightly of you and treat you with contempt.