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Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga · Knowledge & Renunciation of Action
Bhagavad Gita 4.40
Sanskrit
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति । नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥4.40॥
Transliteration
ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati | nāyaṃ loko'sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ ‖4.40‖
Meaning
“But the ignorant, the faithless, the doubting self perishes. For the doubter there is neither this world, nor the next, nor happiness.”
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