अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥ ३६ ॥
nindantas tava samarthyam
avacya-unkind; vadan-fabricated words; ca-also; bahun-many; vadisyanti-will say; tava-your; ahitah-enemies; nindantah-while vilifying; tava-your; samarthyam-ability; tatah-thereafter; duhkhataram-more painful; nu-of course; kim-what is there.
Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful for you?
Lord Krsna was astonished in the beginning at Arjuna's uncalled-for plea for compassion, and He described his compassion as befitting the non-Aryans. Now in so many words, He has proved His statements against Arjuna's so-called compassion.