Chapter IV · Śloka 40
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति |
नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ||
नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ||
ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati |
nāyaṃ loko 'sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ ||
nāyaṃ loko 'sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ ||
The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting self perish. For the doubting person there is no happiness in this world, nor in the next.
Doubt here is not healthy inquiry — it is the corrosive self-undermining that prevents any path from being walked. The one who neither knows nor trusts nor acts finds no foundation in any realm. Resolution, not certainty, is what is asked for.