Bhagavad Gita · 6.40
॥
Devanāgarī
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते ।
न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca |
pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśas tasya vidyate |
na hi kalyāṇa-kṛt kaścid durgatiṁ tāta gacchati ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
श्रीभगवान् उवाचśrī-bhagavān uvācaThe Blessed Lord said.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
न एव इहna eva ihaneither here, in this life.
न अमुत्रna amutranor in the next.
विनाशःvināśaḥdestruction, ruin.
तस्यtasyafor him.
विद्यतेvidyatedoes not exist.
न हिna hitruly not.
कल्याणकृत्kalyāṇa-kṛtone who does (kṛt) good (kalyāṇa).
कश्चित्kaścitanyone.
दुर्गतिम्durgatimto a bad (dur) fate (gati), to an evil destiny.
तातtātaO dear friend (lit. “father,” an affectionate address).
गच्छतिgacchatihe comes.
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: “O Pārtha, for such a person there is no destruction either in this life or in the next. Truly, O dear friend, one who walks the path of good never meets an evil fate.”
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