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Bhagavad Gita 2.35

भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः। येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्।।

bhayād raṇād uparataṁ mansyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ yeṣhāṁ cha tvaṁ bahu-mato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
bhayātbhayātout of fear
raṇātraṇātfrom the battlefield
uparatamuparatamhave fled
maṁsyantemaṁsyantewill think
tvāmtvāmyou
mahā-rathāḥmahā-rathāḥwarriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriors
yeṣhāmyeṣhāmfor whom
chachaand
tvamtvamyou
bahu-mataḥbahu-mataḥhigh esteemed
bhūtvābhūtvāhaving been
yāsyasiyāsyasiyou will loose
lāghavamlāghavamdecreased in value

The great chariot-warriors will think that you have withdrawn from the battle out of fear, and you will be held in low esteem by those who have held you in high regard.

और जिनके लिए तुम बहुत माननीय हो उनके लिए अब तुम तुच्छता को प्राप्त होओगे,  वे महारथी लोग तुम्हें भय के कारण युद्ध से निवृत्त हुआ मानेंगे।।