Bhagavad Gita 4.40
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः॥
ajñaśh chāśhraddadhānaśh cha sanśhayātmā vinaśhyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ sanśhayātmanaḥ
Translation
But the ignorant, faithless, doubting self goeth to destruction; nor this world, nor that beyond, nor happiness, is there for the doubting self.
What it means
The ignorant, the faithless and the doubting perish; the doubter has neither this world, nor the next, nor happiness. Chronic doubt is named as the one disqualifier. Not weakness, but the refusal to commit to anything.
Try this today
The warning: corrosive doubt - not honest questioning but chronic mistrust - forfeits both worlds.
Something to reflect on
Is my skepticism honest questioning, or a refusal to commit to anything?
Read it in Yathora