Chapter 4 · Verse 40

Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action

अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः

ajñaśh chāśhraddadhānaśh cha sanśhayātmā vinaśhyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ sanśhayātmanaḥ

Word Meanings

ajñaḥ — the ignorant; cha — and; aśhraddadhānaḥ — without faith; cha — and; sanśhaya — skeptical; ātmā — a person; vinaśhyati — falls down; na — never; ayam — in this; lokaḥ — world; asti — is; na — not; paraḥ — in the next; na — not; sukham — happiness; sanśhaya-ātmanaḥ — for the skeptical soul

Language:

Translation

The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting soul perishes. For one consumed by doubt, there is neither this world, nor the next, nor any happiness.

Commentary

अज्ञः the ignorant? च and? अश्रद्दधानः the faithless? च and? संशयात्मा the doubting self? विनश्यति goes to destruction? न not? अयम् this? लोकः world? अस्ति is? न not? परः the next? न not? सुखम् happiness? संशयात्मनः for the doubting self.Commentary The ignorant one who has no knowledge of the Self. The man without faith one who has no faith in his own self? in the scriptures and the teachings of his Guru.A man of doubting mind is the most sinful of all. His condition is very deplorable. He is full of doubts as regards the next world. He does not rejoice in this world also? as he is very suspicious. He has no happiness.