Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -4
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40. The ignorant, the man without faith, the doubt ing person, (everyone of these) goes to destruction; (and) for the doubting person, there is neither this world, nor the next, nor happiness. The ignorant, he who does not know the Self, as also the man without faith, and also the doubting person (everyone of these) goes to destruction. Though the ignorant and the faithless go to ruin, they are not ruined to the extent the doubter is. He is the most sinful of all. How? For the doubting person, the man with a sceptical mind (atma=chitta=mind), there is neither this world, which is universal for all, nor the next world, nor happiness, because he will have doubts even about all these. Therefore, doubt should not be entertained. Wherefore? |
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