Bhagavad Gita · 16.23
॥
Devanāgarī
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः ।
न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya vartate kāma-kārataḥ |
na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥone who.
शास्त्रविधिम्śāstra-vidhimthe injunctions (vidhim) of the scriptures.
उत्सृज्यutsṛjyahaving discarded, disregarding.
वर्ततेvartatehe acts.
कामकारतःkāma-kārataḥaccording to his own whim, driven by lust.
न सःna saḥhe does not.
सिद्धिम्siddhimperfection.
अवाप्नोतिavāpnotiattains.
न सुखम्na sukhamnor happiness.
न पराम् गतिम्na parām gatimnor the supreme destination.
Translation
“But one who, disregarding the injunctions of the scriptures, acts according to his own whim, driven by lust, attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination.”
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