यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः | न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ||१६-२३||
yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ . na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim ||16-23||
- yaḥ
- anyone who
- śāstra-vidhim
- the regulations of the scriptures
- utsṛjya
- giving up
- vartate
- remains
- kāma-kārataḥ
- acting whimsically in lust
- na
- never
- saḥ
- he
- siddhim
- perfection
- avāpnoti
- achieves
- na
- never
- sukham
- happiness
- na
- never
- parām
- the supreme
- gatim
- perfectional stage
He who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination.