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“Public shame can hurt more than physical danger.”
तेरे शत्रुलोग तेरी सार्मथ्यकी निन्दा करते हुए न कहनेयोग्य बहुतसे वचन भी कहेंगे । उससे बढ़कर और दुःखकी बात क्या होगी ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःunworthy words · and · many · they will speak · your · enemies · mocking · your · strength · than that · more painful · indeed · what
Your enemies will mock your ability and say cruel things about you. For a respected person, that kind of public shame can feel worse than death.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "सांख्य योग" में।
श्लोक 36 भगवद् गीता के 2वें अध्याय में है — सांख्य योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 72 श्लोक हैं।
You back out of the hard conversation, and later people call you weak behind your back. The wound is not the criticism itself — it is watching your own courage get rewritten.
Did you like this verse?
It exposes how fear of ridicule can paralyze action, and pushes the mind back toward duty.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Your enemies will mock your ability and say cruel things about you. For a respected person, that kind of public shame can feel worse than death.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna stands frozen while Krishna presses him to act. After warning him about disgrace, Krishna adds that enemies will ridicule his strength itself. The verse deepens Arjuna's fear of public humiliation.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You back out of the hard conversation, and later people call you weak behind your back. The wound is not the criticism itself — it is watching your own courage get rewritten.
“Shame can sting harder than pain when your identity is on the line.”