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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

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ajñaḥajñaḥthe ignorant
chachaand
aśhraddadhānaḥaśhraddadhānaḥwithout faith
chachaand
sanśhayasanśhayaskeptical
ātmāātmāa person
vinaśhyativinaśhyatifalls down
nananever
ayamayamin this
lokaḥlokaḥworld
astiastiis
nananot
paraḥparaḥin the next
nananot
sukhamsukhamhappiness
sanśhaya-ātmanaḥsanśhaya-ātmanaḥfor 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।।