अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति । नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥ ४-४०॥

ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati । nāyaṃ loko'sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ ॥ 4-40॥

अज्ञ = ajnas (m. nom. sg.), ignorant, unknowing.; 

च = ca, and.; 

श्रद्दधा = asraddadhanas (m. nom. sg.), not giving faith, without giving faith, not placing faith.; 

च = ca, and.; 

संशय = saṃśa (m. from sam *si), doubting, hesi-tating, lacking in resolution.; 

आत्मा = atma (m. nom. sg.), self. (संशयात्मा saṃśayātmā, nom. sg. BY cpd., he whose self doubts.); 

विनश्यति = vinaśyati (3rd sg. pr. indic. act. vi *nas), he is lost, he is destroyed.; 

न = na, not.; 

आयम = ayam (m. nom. sg.), this.; 

लोक = lokas (m. nom. sg.), world.; 

ऽस्ति = asti (3rd sg. pr. indic . *as), it is, there is.; 

न = na, not.; 

परो = paro, beyond, distant, remote, former, later.; 

न = na, not, nor.; 

सुखं = sukham (n. nom. sg.), happiness, bliss, agree-ableness, comfort, pleasure, delight, joy.; 

संशय = samsaya (m. from sam .Jsi), doubting, hesi-tating.; 

आत्मनः = atmanas (m. gen. sg.), of the self, for the self. (संशयात्मनः saṃśayātmanaḥ, m. gen. sg. BY cpd., of the self of him who doubts, for him whose self is doubtful.)