Bhagavad Gita · 4.40
॥
Devanāgarī
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति ।
नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca saṁśayātmā vinaśyati |
nāyaṁ loko 'sti na paro na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अज्ञः चajñaḥ caand the ignorant
अश्रद्दधानः चaśraddadhānaḥ caand the one without faith
संशयात्माsaṁśaya-ātmāone whose soul (ātmā) is full of doubts (saṁśaya)
विनश्यतिvinaśyatihe perishes
न अयम् लोकःna ayam lokaḥneither this world
अस्तिastiexists [for him]
न परःna paraḥnor the next
न सुखम्na sukhamnor happiness
संशयात्मनःsaṁśayātmanaḥfor the doubting soul
Translation
“But the ignorant and faithless person, whose soul is full of doubts, perishes. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next.”
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