Gita Verse 9.3

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 9, Verse 3

Sanskrit Verse

अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।

अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि।।9.3।।

Transliteration

aśhraddadhānāḥ puruṣhā dharmasyāsya parantapa

aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛityu-samsāra-vartmani

Word meanings

aśhraddadhānāḥ—people without faith; puruṣhāḥ—(such) persons; dharmasya—of dharma; asya—this; parantapa—Arjun, conqueror the enemies; aprāpya—without attaining; mām—me; nivartante—come back; mṛityu—death; samsāra—material existence; vartmani—in the path

Swami Sivananda's translation

Those who have no faith in this Dharma, O Parantapa, return to the path of this world without attaining Me.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 9