Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 - JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 40

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Doubt is Derogatory - 40-42

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 40

Agyah cha ashraddhadhanah cha samshaya atma vinashyati I

Nayam lokah asti na parah na sukham samshaya atmanah II sloka 40

अज्ञः च अश्रद्धधनः च संशय आत्म विनश्यति ।

नायं लोकः अस्ति न पराः न सुखं संशय आत्मानः ।। श्लोक ४० 

The ignorant, the man devoid of sraddha, the doubting self, goes to destruction. The doubting self has neither this world, nor the next, nor happiness

Ignorant is that man who is uninformed about atman. Divine qualities such as self confidence and noble effort are all born of shraddha; but doubt is the very negation of these great qualities. The doubting man does not trust anybody in the world. He suspects the words and deeds of the others. Through disbelief he alienates himself from others and feels miserable. For want of faith in the right path he fails to pursue it and brings ruin to himself. Fallen as he is, he neither enjoys this world nor is he fit for the next.

Unless one has the faith of a baby one cannot have access to the Lord. If mother points to somebody and says, " He is your brother," the baby believes it. The grace of the Lord comes to him who has this kind of faith. The calculative and doubtful estrange themselves from the Divine

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa