BG 2.34
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् ।
सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥
सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥
akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te ’vyayām
sambhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate
sambhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate
Word-for-word meanings
ca api — moreover; bhūtāni — people; kathayiṣyanti — will speak; te — of your; akīrtim — infamy; avyayām — for all time; ca — and; sambhāvitasya — for a man of honor; akīrtiḥ — infamy; atiricyate — is worse; maraṇāt — than death.
Translation
Moreover, people will speak of your infamy for all time to come, and for a man of honor infamy is worse than death.