Bhagavad Gita 2.35

भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः।येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्॥

bhayādraṇāduparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ |yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam ||

The great chariot-warriors will think that you have withdrawn from the battle out of fear, and you will be held in low esteem by those who have held you in high regard.

Great generals will think that you have fled from the battlefield out of cowardice; though once honored, you will seem despicable.

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.