Bhagavad Gita 4.40
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः।।
ajñaśh chāśhraddadhānaśh cha sanśhayātmā vinaśhyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ sanśhayātmanaḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ajñaḥ | ajñaḥ | the ignorant |
| cha | cha | and |
| aśhraddadhānaḥ | aśhraddadhānaḥ | without faith |
| cha | cha | and |
| sanśhaya | sanśhaya | skeptical |
| ātmā | ātmā | a person |
| vinaśhyati | vinaśhyati | falls down |
| na | na | never |
| ayam | ayam | in this |
| lokaḥ | lokaḥ | world |
| asti | asti | is |
| na | na | not |
| paraḥ | paraḥ | in the next |
| na | na | not |
| sukham | sukham | happiness |
| sanśhaya-ātmanaḥ | sanśhaya-ātmanaḥ | for the skeptical soul |
The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting self go to destruction; there is neither this world nor the other, nor happiness for the doubting one.
अज्ञानी तथा श्रद्धारहित और संशययुक्त पुरुष नष्ट हो जाता है, (उनमें भी) संशयी पुरुष के लिये न यह लोक है, न परलोक और न सुख।।