Bhagavad Gita 2.36..Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura uses the word coward in his commentary

[Paramananda das]

Text 36

avacya-vadams ca bahun vadisyanti tavahitah nindantas tava samarthyam tato duhkhataram nu kim

Translation

Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful for you?

Commentary by Srila Prabhupada

Lord Krishna 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.

Commentary by Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur

They will speak of you in ill terms such as "coward".

( Jayadvaita Swami changed coward to insignificant in vers 2.35, obviously Srila Prabhupada is honoring Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura)

Bhayahari Prabhu wrote : Bhayahari Das Collen Kshatriyas would clearly call someone who left the battlefield a COWARD .....not insignificant !

Now fortunately Bhagavad Gita has no changes, to 2.36,,hallelujah

Rudra Vaisnava Sampradaya: Visnuswami Sridhara Swami's Commentary The condemnations from his enemies regarding Arjuna's failure to execute his  duty as a ksatriya are presented in this verse.

Brahma Vaisnava Sampradaya: Madhvacarya There is no commentary for this verse.

Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya: Ramanuja Ramanuja's Commentary Ramanuja. Bhagavad-Gita: chapter 2, verse 37 If in fighting for righteousness Arjuna is slain in the battle then he will  attain superior bliss in the heavenly spheres; but if he is victorious in battle  by the slaying the miscreants then he will find himself in the position of  unrivalled enjoyment and rulership of earthly royalty. Dividing and conquering,  defending and ruling are the natural duties of ksatriya royalty.  Discharging these duties with no anticipation for the fruits of the results will  be the means by which Arjuna attains unparalleled bliss. So Arjuna should  properly prepare his mind for war by fortifying himself with the firm conviction  that embarking on the course of a righteous war is the guaranteed means for him  to achieve moksa or final salvation which means precisely the embodied  soul becoming eternally liberated from the fetters of material existence and  which is without a doubt the great hurdle to be overcome in human existence.  Arjuna is called here Kaunteyato remind him that such conduct is indeed  representative as a son of the great devotee Queen Kunti. Next will be revealed  the apropos mentality of a living entity aspiring for salvation.

Kumara Vaisnava Sampradaya: Nimbaditya Kesava Kasmiri's Commentary Not only would Arjunas estimation wane in the assembly of mighty warriors but  here Lord Krishna uses the word nindantah meaning to vilify. Arjunas enemies  such as Duryodhana would say many unbecoming things about him such as: Look at  the impotent Arjuna fleeing the battlefield like a dog with its tail between its  legs and Karna would smirkingly add that although Arjuna was very valiant in the  past now fearing our might he has become feeble- hearted and so he expeditiously  leaves the battlefield like a coward to save his own life. Lord Krishna asks  Arjuna what can be more painful than this?

Srila Prabhupadas lectures to 2.33- 2.35 is at http://www.prabhupadavani.org/main/Bhagavad-gita/GT097.html

And 2.36 http://www.prabhupadavani.org/main/Bhagavad-gita/GT098.html

[Paramananda das]

Why does Jayadvaita Swami uses the word insignificant over coward in Bhagavad Gita 2.35.

It is because he and some godbrothers want other devotees to look insignificant in relationship to them , because he is puffed up and he and they want to control the whole world ,so even that changing one word makes so much significance

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