Verse
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् ।संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर् मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥
akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te’vyayāmsaṃbhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇādatiricyate
Besides, men will recount thy perpetual disgrace, and to one in noble station, dishonour is worse than death.
Gītā 2·34