4.40 अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः
ajñaś
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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
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But he who is ignorant and has no faith, perishes, with his mind full of doubts. Neither this world nor the other, nor happiness is for a person who is by nature full of doubts.
But the ignorant man, and he who has no faith, and the sceptic are lost. Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.
The ignorant, the faithless and the doubting one perish; for the doubting one there is neither this world, nor that beyond, nor happiness.
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.
The ignorant, the faithless, the doubting self proceeds to destruction; there is neither this world nor the other nor happiness for the doubting.
4.42 तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः। छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत
tasmād
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tasmāt—therefore;ajñāna-sambhūtam—born of ignorance;hṛit-stham—situated in the heart;jñāna—of knowledge;asinā—with the sword;ātmanaḥ—of the self;chhittvā—cut asunder;enam—this;sanśhayam—doubt;yogam—in karm yog;ātiṣhṭha—take shelter;uttiṣhṭha—arise;bhārata—Arjun, descendant of Bharat
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Therefore, thus cutting off, by means of the sword of knowledge, the doubt that has sprung from ignorance and exists in your heart, practice the Yoga! Stand up, O descendant of Bharata!
Therefore, cleaving asunder with the sword of wisdom the doubts of the heart, which thine own ignorance has engendered, follow the Path of Wisdom and arise!"
Therefore, sunder, with the sword of knowledge, this doubt present in your heart resulting from ignorance concerning the self. Practise this Yoga, O Arjuna, and rise up.
Therefore, O scion of the Bharata dynasty, take recourse to yoga and rise up, cutting asunder with the sword of Knowledge this doubt of your own in the heart, arising from ignorance.
Therefore, with the sword of knowledge (of the Self) cut asunder the doubt of the self born of ignorance, residing in thy heart, and take refuge in Yoga; arise, O Arjuna!
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.41 योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम्। आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय
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Word meanings
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇam—those who renounce ritualistic karm, dedicating their body, mind, and soul to God;jñāna—by knowledge;sañchhinna—dispelled;sanśhayam—doubts;ātma-vantam—situated in knowledge of the self;na—not;karmāṇi—actions;nibadhnanti—bind;dhanañjaya—Arjun, the conqueror of wealth
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O Dhananjaya! Actions do not bind him who has renounced all actions through Yoga; who has cut off his doubts by the sword of knowledge; and who is a master of his own self.
But the man who has renounced his action for meditation, who has cleft his doubt in twain by the sword of wisdom, who remains always enthroned in his Self, is not bound by his acts.
Actions do not bind him, O Arjuna, who has renounced them through Karma Yoga and whose doubts are sundered by knowledge, and who therefore possesses a steady mind.
O Dhananjaya (Arjuna), actions do not bind one who has renounced actions through yoga, whose doubt has been fully dispelled by Knowledge, and who is not inadvertent.
He who has renounced actions by Yoga, whose doubts are rent asunder by knowledge, and who is self-possessed,–actions do not bind him, O Arjuna!
