Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
Verse 40
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 40
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः।।4.40।।
Transliteration (IAST)
ajñaśh chāśhraddadhānaśh cha sanśhayātmā vinaśhyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ sanśhayātmanaḥ
Translation
The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting one perish; for the doubting one, there is neither this world nor the one beyond, nor happiness.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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