Mahabharat

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कीर्तिर हि पुरुषं लॊके संजीवयति मातृवत अकीर्तिर जीवितं हन्ति जीवतॊ ऽपि शरीरिणः ।। ३-२८४-३२ ।।

sanskrit

'Fame preserves a man in this world, even as a mother gives him life, while infamy slays him, though he still walks the earth with body unharmed.' ।। 3-284-32 ।।

english translation

kIrtira hi puruSaM lòke saMjIvayati mAtRvata akIrtira jIvitaM hanti jIvatò 'pi zarIriNaH || 3-284-32 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript