[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.35 · spoken by Krishna ]
The great warriors will think you fled out of fear. You — who they honored most.
The great warriors will think you withdrew from battle out of fear. And you, once held in their highest esteem, will fall to insignificance in their eyes.
SANSKRIT
भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः । येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥२-३५॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The great warriors are watching. What you do now — they will carry that memory farther than death can reach.”
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