Chapter 6 · The Way of Meditation

    Verse 40

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 6, Verse 40

    श्री भगवानुवाच पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते। नहि कल्याणकृत्कश्िचद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति।।6.40।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    śhrī bhagavān uvācha pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśhas tasya vidyate na hi kalyāṇa-kṛit kaśhchid durgatiṁ tāta gachchhati

    Translation

    The Lord said, "Neither here in this world nor there in the next is there destruction for him. For no one who does good ever comes to an evil end."
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