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BG 4.40 (1972)

BG 4.40 (1983+)

please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_40"#TEXT 40#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति ।#/dd# #dd#नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥४०॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca#/dd# #dd#saṁśayātmā vinaśyati#/dd# #dd#nāyaṁ loko 'sti na paro#/dd# #dd#na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#ajñaḥ#/i#—fools who have no knowledge in standard scriptures; #i#ca#/i#—and; #i#aśraddadhānaḥ#/i#—without faith in revealed scriptures; #i#ca#/i#—also; #i#saṁśaya#/i#—doubts; #i#ātmā#/i#—person; #i#vinaśyati#/i#—falls back; #i#na#/i#—never; #i#ayam#/i#—this; #i#lokaḥ#/i#—world; #i#asti#/i#—there is; #i#na#/i#—neither; #i#paraḥ#/i#—next life; #i#na#/i#—not; #i#sukham#/i#—happiness; #i#saṁśaya#/i#—doubtful; #i#ātmanaḥ#/i#—of the person. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#Out of many standard and authoritative revealed scriptures, the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is the best. Persons who are almost like animals have no faith in, or knowledge of, the standard revealed scriptures; and some, even though they have knowledge of, or can cite passages from, the revealed scriptures, have actually no faith in these words. And even though others may have faith in scriptures like #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i#, they do not believe in or worship the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Such persons cannot have any standing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. They fall down. Out of all the abovementioned persons, those who have no faith and are always doubtful make no progress at all. Men without faith in God and His revealed word find no good in this world, nor in the next. For them there is no happiness whatsoever. One should therefore follow the principles of revealed scriptures with faith and thereby be raised to the platform of knowledge. Only this knowledge will help one become promoted to the transcendental platform of spiritual understanding. In other words, doubtful persons have no status whatsoever in spiritual emancipation. One should therefore follow in the footsteps of great #i#ācāryas#/i# who are in the disciplic succession and thereby attain success. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_40"#TEXT 40#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति ।#/dd# #dd#नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥४०॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca#/dd# #dd#saṁśayātmā vinaśyati#/dd# #dd#nāyaṁ loko 'sti na paro#/dd# #dd#na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ajñaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ajñaḥ#/i# — a fool who has no knowledge in standard scriptures; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aśraddadhānaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aśraddadhānaḥ#/i# — without faith in revealed scriptures; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — also; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saṁśaya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saṁśaya#/i# — of doubts; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmā#/i# — a person; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vinaśyati&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vinaśyati#/i# — falls back; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#na#/i# — never; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ayam#/i# — in this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=lokaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#lokaḥ#/i# — world; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asti#/i# — there is; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#na#/i# — nor; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=paraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#paraḥ#/i# — in the next life; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#na#/i# — not; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sukham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sukham#/i# — happiness; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saṁśaya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saṁśaya#/i# — doubtful; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmanaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmanaḥ#/i# — of the person. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#Out of many standard and authoritative revealed scriptures, the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is the best. Persons who are almost like animals have no faith in, or knowledge of, the standard revealed scriptures; and some, even though they have knowledge of, or can cite passages from, the revealed scriptures, have actually no faith in these words. And even though others may have faith in scriptures like #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i#, they do not believe in or worship the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Such persons cannot have any standing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. They fall down. Out of all the above-mentioned persons, those who have no faith and are always doubtful make no progress at all. Men without faith in God and His revealed word find no good in this world, nor in the next. For them there is no happiness whatsoever. One should therefore follow the principles of revealed scriptures with faith and thereby be raised to the platform of knowledge. Only this knowledge will help one become promoted to the transcendental platform of spiritual understanding. In other words, doubtful persons have no status whatsoever in spiritual emancipation. One should therefore follow in the footsteps of great #i#ācāryas#/i# who are in the disciplic succession and thereby attain success. #/p# #/div# #/div#
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