A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.33-35 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on September 3, 1973 in London.

Bhagavad Gita 2.33

atha cet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ

saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi

tataḥ sva-dharmaṁ kīrtiṁ ca

hitvā pāpam avāpsyasi

If, however, you do not perform your religious duty of fighting, then you will certainly incur sins for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter.

Bhagavad Gita 2.34

akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni

kathayiṣyanti te ’vyayām

sambhāvitasya cākīrtir

maraṇād atiricyate

People will always speak of your infamy, and for a respectable person, dishonor is worse than death.

Bhagavad Gita 2.35

bhayād raṇād uparataṁ

maṁsyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ

yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahu-mato

bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam

The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlefield out of fear only, and thus they will consider you insignificant.