Sanskrit · Devanagari
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati nāyaṃ loko.asti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882He 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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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.40।। अज्ञश्च अनात्मज्ञश्च अश्रद्दधानश्च गुरुवाक्यशास्त्रेषु अविश्वासवांश्च संशयात्मा च संशयचित्तश्च विनश्यति। अज्ञाश्रद्दधानौ यद्यपि विनश्यतः न तथा यथा संशयात्मा। संशयात्मा तु पापिष्ठः सर्वेषाम्। कथम् नायं साधारणोऽपि लोकोऽस्ति। तथा न परः लोकः। न सुखम् तत्रापि संशयोत्पत्तेः संशयात्मनः संशयचित्तस्य। तस्मात् संशयो न कर्तव्यः।।कस्मात्
03722904c37a…Rāmānuja
4.40 'The ignorant,' i.e., one devoid of knowledge received through instruction, 'the faithless' or one who has no faith in developing this knowledge taught to him, i.e., who does not strive to progress ickly, and 'the doubting one,' i.e., one who is full of doubts in regard to the knowledge taught - such persons perish, are lost. When this knowledge taught to him about the real nature of the self is doubted, then he loses this material world as also the next world. The meaning is that the ends of man, such as Dharma, Artha and Karma which constitute the material ends or fulfilments, are not achieved by such a doubting one. How then can man's supreme end, release be achieved by such a doubting one? For all the ends of human life can be achieved through the actions which are prescribed by the Sastras, but their performance reires the firm conviction that the self is different from the body. Therefore, even a little happiness does not come to the person who has a doubting mind concerning the self.
53f232dd5969…Swami Sivananda
4.40 अज्ञः the ignorant? च and? अश्रद्दधानः the faithless? च and? संशयात्मा the doubting self? विनश्यति goes to destruction? न not? अयम् this? लोकः world? अस्ति is? न not? परः the next? न not? सुखम् happiness? संशयात्मनः for the doubting self.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.
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