Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2/Verse 34

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् ।
सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥२- ३४॥

akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te'vyayām ।
sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate ॥2- 34॥

And even beings will recount your eternal disgrace and of the honorable disgrace surpasses death. 


Word-for-word translations

akīrtim (feminine, accusative, singular) = disgrace

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even

bhūtāni (neuter, nominative, plural) = beings

kathayiṣyanti (future tense, 3rd person, plural) = they will recount 

te (pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, singular) = your

avyayām (adjective) (feminine, accusative, singular)= eternal 


sambhāvitasya (past passive participle) (genitive, singular) = of the honorable 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

akīrtis (feminine, nominative, singular) = disgrace

maraṇāt (ablative of comparison) (ablative, singular) = than death

atiricyate (passive, present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it surpasses 


Commentary

Another good example of the ablative of comparison in this verse. 

This verse really drives home the point that disgrace leaves a lasting mark and is worse than death.