# Bhagavad Gita 4.40

**Canonical reference:** `gita.4.40`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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

## IAST

ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati
nāyaṃ loko.asti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ

## English translation — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

He who is ignorant and devoid of faith, and whose self is full of misgivings, is ruined. Not this world, not the next, nor happiness, is for him whose self is full of misgivings.

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