Word meanings
- ajñaḥ
- the ignorant
- ca
- and
- aśraddadhānaḥ
- without faith
- ca
- and
- sanśaya
- skeptical
- ātmā
- a person
- vinaśyati
- falls down
- na
- never
- ayam
- in this
- lokaḥ
- world
- asti
- is
- na
- not
- paraḥ
- in the next
- na
- not
- sukham
- happiness
- sanśaya-ātmanaḥ
- for the skeptical soul
Translations
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.
But the ignorant man, and he who has no faith, and the skeptic are lost. Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.
One who is ignorant and faithless, and has a doubting mind, perishes. Neither this world nor the next, nor happiness, exists for one who has a doubting mind.
विवेकहीन और श्रद्धारहित संशयात्मा मनुष्यका पतन हो जाता है। ऐसे संशयात्मा मनुष्यके लिये न यह लोक है न परलोक है और न सुख ही है।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.