Chapter 2 - Verse 36

Moreover,

अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥ ३६ ॥

avācyavādāṃśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ .
nindantastava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim .. 36 ..


Thy enemies, too, scorning thy power, will take many abusive words. What is more painful than that?
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There is no pain more unbearable than that of scorn thus incurred.