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TEXT 40 ajnas casraddadhanas ca
SYNONYMS  ajnah--fools
who have no knowledge in standard scriptures; ca--and; asraddadhanah--without
faith in revealed scriptures; ca--also; samsaya--doubts;
atma--a person; vinasyati--falls back; na--never;
ayam--this; lokah--world; asti--there is; na--neither;
parah--next life; na--not; sukham--happiness; samsaya--doubtful;
atmanah--of the person.
TRANSLATION But ignorant
and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God
consciousness. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this
world nor in the next.
PURPORT Out of many
standard and authoritative revealed scriptures, the Bhagavad-gita
is the best. Persons who are almost like animals have no faith in, or knowledge
of, the standard revealed scriptures; and some, even though they have knowledge
of, or can cite passages from, the revealed scriptures, have actually no
faith in these words. And even though others may have faith in scriptures
like Bhagavad-gita, they do not believe in or worship the Personality
of Godhead, Sri Krsna. Such persons cannot have any standing in Krsna consciousness.
They fall down. Out of all the above-mentioned persons, those who have
no faith and are always doubtful make no progress at all. Men without faith
in God and His revealed word find no good in this world, nor in the next.
For them there is no happiness whatsoever. One should therefore follow
the principles of revealed scriptures with faith and thereby be raised
to the platform of knowledge. Only this knowledge will help one become
promoted to the transcendental platform of spiritual understanding. In
other words, doubtful persons have no status whatsoever in spiritual emancipation.
One should therefore follow in the footsteps of great acaryas who
are in the disciplic succession and thereby attain success.
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