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Bhagavad Gita 9.3

अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप। अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि।।

aśhraddadhānāḥ puruṣhā dharmasyāsya parantapa aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛityu-samsāra-vartmani

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
aśhraddadhānāḥaśhraddadhānāḥpeople without faith
puruṣhāḥpuruṣhāḥ(such) persons
dharmasyadharmasyaof dharma
asyaasyathis
parantapaparantapaArjun, conqueror the enemies
aprāpyaaprāpyawithout attaining
māmmāmme
nivartantenivartantecome back
mṛityumṛityudeath
samsārasamsāramaterial existence
vartmanivartmaniin the path

Those who have no faith in this Dharma, O Parantapa, return to the path of this world without attaining Me.

हे परन्तप ! इस धर्म में श्रद्धारहित पुरुष मुझे प्राप्त न होकर मृत्युरूपी संसार में रहते हैं (भ्रमण करते हैं)।।