Chapter 2 • Verse 36

अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः। निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्॥

avāchya-vādānśh cha bahūn vadiṣhyanti tavāhitāḥ nindantas tava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim

Meaning

Your enemies will speak many unspeakable words, slandering your abilities. What could be more painful than that?

Enemies will mock you, question your capability. Better to fight and fall than to give your opponents reason to ridicule your abilities. Face challenges head-on.

Strength Reflection

"I would rather face challenge and fail than give up and face mockery."

Devotional Surrender

Lord, let me face my critics through action, not retreat into comfortable excuses.