Bhagavadgita 4.34

4.34

akīrtimiti | bhūtāni atra cānyatra ca vidyamānā janāḥ sarve svadharmatyāgajanitāmavyayāṃ cirakālasthāyinīmakīrtiṃ ca te tava kathayiṣyanti sabhāsu pāpiṣṭhaḥ svadharmaṃ tyaktavāniti | nanu svajanavadhādāgatanindāpekṣayā yuddhoparatikṛtanindā soḍhuṃ śakyata iti ceducyate | 'brahmaṇe brāhmaṇamālabheta' iti brāhmaṇālambho vihitatvādoṣāya na bhavati yathā, tathā yuddhasya śāstrīyatvāyuddhe svajanavadho doṣāya na bhavati yuddhāduparatestvaśāstrīyatvāttaduparatyā āgataiyamakīrtirduṣkīrtiḥ saṃbhāvitasya tu | castvarthaḥ dharmātmā satyasaṃdhaḥ śūratamodhyārjuna iti sarvatra sarvairīḍitasya satkīrtestava puṇyapuruṣasya maraṇādatiricyate adhikā bhavati | loke maraṇaduḥkhaṃ kṣaṇakālikaṃ duṣkīrtiduḥkhaṃ tu satāmāpātabhāvitvānmaraṇaduḥkhānmahattaramato duṣkīrtervaraṃ maraṇamityarthaḥ |
aṃkīrtimātrameva na bhavati śūrāstvāṃ laghūkariṣyantītyāha—