BG - 4.40

अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः।।4.40।।

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

• 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

Translation

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.

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