Ashraddadhanah purusha dharmasyasya parantapa, aprapya mam nivartante mrityu-samsara-vartmani
Those who lack faith in this dharma, O Parantapa, do not attain Me; they return to the path of birth and death in this mortal world. Without inner conviction in the supreme teaching, the soul remains bound to the cycle of transmigration.
- •Shraddha (faith) is essential to walk the spiritual path
- •Lack of faith perpetuates the cycle of samsara
- •The path to God requires sincere inner conviction
Te tam bhuktva svarga-lokam vishalam kshine punye martya-lokam vishanti, evam trayi-dharmam anuprapanna gatagatam kama-kama labhante
After enjoying that vast heavenly realm, when their accumulated merit is exhausted, they return to the mortal world. Thus those who seek enjoyment through the Vedic rituals go and come back, driven by desire. Without desireless devotion, the soul remains caught in the cycle of ascent and descent.
- •All temporary heavens are eventually left behind when merit is exhausted
- •Desire perpetuates the cycle of repeated birth and death
- •Only desireless worship of God grants permanent liberation