Chapter 4 • Verse 40

Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga

The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation

Sanskrit Verse

Ajnas cashraddadhanas ca samsayatma vinashyati, nayam loko 'sti na paro na sukham samsayatmanah

Translation & Meaning

The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting soul perish. For the doubting soul there is neither this world, nor the next, nor happiness.

Key Teachings

  • Faith is indispensable on the spiritual path
  • Chronic doubt destroys the possibility of progress
  • Neither worldly nor spiritual fulfillment reaches the perpetually doubtful

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