Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac Natures

    Verse 23

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 16, Verse 23

    यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः।न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम्।।16.23।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yaḥ śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya vartate kāma-kārataḥ na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim

    Translation

    He who, abandoning the injunctions of the Sastras, acts under the influence of desire, attains neither perfection nor pleasure, nor the supreme state.
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