अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति ।
नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥40॥
ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati
nāyaṃ loko’sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ
The ignorant, the faithless, the doubting-self goes to destruction; there is neither this world, nor the other, nor happiness for the doubter.
ajñaḥ = a fool who has no knowledge in standard scriptures; ca = and; aśraddadhānaḥ = without faith in revealed scriptures; ca = also; saṃśaya = of doubts; ātmā = a person; vinaśyati = falls back; na = never; ayaṃ = in this; lokaḥ = world; asti = there is; na = nor; paraḥ = in the next life; na = not; sukhaṃ = happiness; saṃśaya = doubtful; ātmanaḥ = of the person.;