Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 35

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

bhayādraṇāduparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ | yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam

Translation

The great car-warriors will think thou hast withdrawn from the battle through fear; and, having been (hitherto) highly esteemed by them, thou wilt incur their contempt.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

bhayāt

from fear

raṇāt

from the battle

uparatam

withdrawn

maṃsyante

will think

tvām

thee

mahārathāḥ

the great car-warriors

yeṣām

of whom

ca

and

tvam

thou

bahumataḥ

much thought (of)

bhūtvā

having been

yāsyasi

will go

lāghavam

to lightness

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Even those great warriors — Duryodhana and the rest — who once held you in high regard, will think you retired from battle out of fear, not out of compassion for kinsmen, and will fall to despising you.