[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.36 · spoken by Krishna ]
Your enemies will heap unspeakable words on you, scorning your might. What could be more painful than this?
Your enemies will speak many unspeakable words and scorn your might. What could be more painful than this?
SANSKRIT
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः । निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥२-३६॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Your enemies are laughing now. Not at your absence — at what they think your absence means. There is no undoing that.”
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