अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति | नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ||४-४०||
ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati . nāyaṃ loko.asti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ ||4-40||
Chapter 4 · Verse 40
Jnana Yoga
ज्ञानयोग
In plain words
The ignorant one who has no knowledge of the Self. The man without faith one who has no faith in his own self in the scriptures and the teachings of his Guru. A man of doubting mind is the most sinful of all.
Translation
4.40 The ignorant, the faithless and the doubting one peirsh; for the doubting one there is neither this world, nor that beyond, nor happiness.
Meaning
The ignorant one who has no knowledge of the Self. The man without faith one who has no faith in his own self in the scriptures and the teachings of his Guru. A man of doubting mind is the most sinful of all. His condition is very deplorable. He is full of doubts as regards the next world. He does not rejoice in this world also as he is very suspicious. He has no happiness.
Word by word
अज्ञः the ignorant च and अश्रद्दधानः the faithless च and संशयात्मा the doubting self विनश्यति goes to destruction न not अयम् this लोकः world अस्ति is न not परः the next न not सुखम् happiness संशयात्मनः for the doubting self.