Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]People will speak of your dishonor forever; and to one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.
BG 2.34
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते॥
akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te 'vyayām / sambhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate
"Dishonor lasts longer than death — and for the one who has been honored, disgrace is worse than dying."
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Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]People will speak forever of thy shame, and to the noble, shame is worse than death.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]And people will ever speak ill of you, and to one who has been in honor, ill fame is worse than death.