Royal Knowledge & Secret · 9.3
People without faith: Devotion and Sacred Trust
अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।
अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि॥ ९.३ ॥
aśhraddadhānāḥ puruṣhā dharmasyāsya parantapa
aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛityu-samsāra-vartmani
Translation
They who have no faith in this teaching cannot find Me; they remain lost in the purlieus of this perishable world.
— Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain
Meaning
This draft lesson introduces Bhagavad Gita 9.3 through stronger key ideas from the verse: people without faith, without attaining, material existence. In the context of Devotion and Sacred Trust, learners connect Sanskrit vocabulary to the verse's teaching before applying it to daily choices. Review this draft before publication.
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