Chapter 2. Contents of
the Gita Summarized
TEXT 36
avacya-vadams ca bahun
vadisyanti tavahitah
nindantas tava samarthyam
tato duhkhataram nu kim
SYNONYMS
avacya--unkind;
vadan--fabricated
words; ca--also; bahun--many; vadisyanti--will say;
tava--your; ahitah--enemies; nindantah--while vilifying;
tava--your; samarthyam--ability; tatah--thereafter;
duhkha-taram--more
painful; nu--of course; kim--what is there.
TRANSLATION
Your enemies
will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could
be more painful for you?
PURPORT
Lord Krsna was
astonished in the beginning at Arjuna's uncalled-for plea for compassion,
and He described his compassion as befitting the non-Aryans. Now in so
many words, He has proved His statements against Arjuna's so-called compassion.
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