Defeat is not very much better than death I think; he on whose side victory is declared, O Krishna, also has surely to meet with a loss.
पराजयश्च मरणान्मन्ये नैव विशिष्यते। यस्य स्याद् विजयः कृष्ण तस्याप्यपचयो ध्रुवम्॥