Bhagavad Gita 9.3 meaningThe open secret
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“People who don’t trust it keep going round in circles.”
What it means
“People who have no trust in this way don't reach me. They keep coming back to the cycle of birth and death.”
The original Sanskrit
अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप । अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥
aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa aprāpya māṃ nivartante mṛtyusaṃsāravartmani
Translations
Literal translation
O destroyer of foes, persons who are regardless of this Dharma (knowledge of the Self) certainly go round and round, without reaching Me, along the path of transmigration which is fraught with death.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे परन्तप ! इस धर्म में श्रद्धारहित पुरुष मुझे प्राप्त न होकर मृत्युरूपी संसार में रहते हैं (भ्रमण करते हैं)।
Swami Tejomayananda
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