Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 34
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।
संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥
Say itakīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāni
kathayiṣhyanti te ’vyayām
sambhāvitasya chākīrtir
maraṇād atirichyate
Translation
People will also recount your everlasting dishonor; and for one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.
Swami Sivananda
People also will speak of your unending infamy, and to an honored person, infamy is worse than death.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Further, people will speak ill of you for all time, and for one accustomed to being honored, dishonor is worse than death.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
The creatures will speak of your endless ill-fame; and for one who has been highly esteemed, ill-fame is worse than death.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonor is worse than death.
Shri Purohit Swami
और सब प्राणी भी तेरी सदा रहनेवाली अपकीर्तिका कथन अर्थात निंदा करेंगे। वह अपकीर्ति सम्मानित मनुष्यके लिये मृत्युसे भी बढ़कर दुःखदायी होती है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
और सब लोग तुम्हारी बहुत काल तक रहने वाली अपकीर्ति को भी कहते रहेंगे; और सम्मानित पुरुष के लिए अपकीर्ति मरण से भी अधिक होती है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.