Chapter 9, Verse 3
अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप। अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि।।9.3।।
aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa. aprāpya māṃ nivartante mṛtyusaṃsāravartmani. 9.3.
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- अश्रद्दधानाः
- those without faith
- पुरुषाः
- persons/men
- धर्मस्य अस्य
- of this dharma (righteous path/teaching)
- परन्तप
- O scorcher of foes (Arjuna)
- अप्राप्य
- not attaining/reaching
- माम्
- Me
- निवर्तन्ते
- they return/revert
- मृत्यु-संसार-वर्त्मनि
- on the path of death and worldly transmigration (samsara)
Commentary
3. Persons having no faith in this Dharma, O harasser of thy foes, without reaching Me, remain verily in the path of the mortal world.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अश्रद्दधानाः
पुरुषाः
धर्मस्य अस्य
परन्तप
अप्राप्य
माम्
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