Chapter 4, Verse 40
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः।।4.40।।
ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati। nāyaṃ loko'sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ।।4.40।।
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- अज्ञः
- the ignorant one
- च
- and
- अश्रद्दधानः
- the faithless one (one who lacks faith)
- च
- and
- संशयात्मा
- one whose mind is full of doubt
- विनश्यति
- perishes / is ruined
- न
- not
- अयं
- this
- लोकः
- world
- अस्ति
- exists / is (there)
- न
- nor
- परः
- the other (world)
- न
- nor
- सुखम्
- happiness
- संशयात्मनः
- for the one whose mind is full of doubt
Commentary
40. The ignorant, the faithless, and one of doubting self, is ruined. There is neither this world, nor the other, nor happiness, for one of doubting self.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अज्ञः
च
अश्रद्दधानः
च
संशयात्मा
विनश्यति
न
अयं
लोकः
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परः
न
सुखम्
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