Shloka 40
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
अज्ञक्षाश्रद्धानक्ष संशयात्मा विनश्यति । नायं लोको<5स्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मन:,विवेकहीन और श्रद्धारहित संशययुक्त मनुष्य परमार्थसे अवश्य भ्रष्ट हो जाता है।* ऐसे संशययुक्त मनुष्यके लिये न यह लोक है, न परलोक है और न सुख ही हैः
ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca saṁśayātmā vinaśyati | nāyaṁ loko 'sti na paro na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ ||
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्धधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति । नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Doubt that undermines faith and understanding blocks both worldly stability and spiritual progress; without trust in right knowledge and practice, one cannot attain happiness here or benefit hereafter.
In the Bhīṣma Parva’s battlefield dialogue context, Arjuna voices a moral-spiritual warning: a person who is ignorant, faithless, and inwardly doubtful collapses in purpose and cannot secure well-being in either this life or the next.