अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप | अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ||९-३||
aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa . aprāpya māṃ nivartante mṛtyusaṃsāravartmani ||9-3||
- aśraddadhānāḥ
- those who are faithless
- puruṣāḥ
- such persons
- dharmasya
- toward the process of religion
- asya
- this
- param-tapa
- O killer of the enemies
- aprāpya
- without obtaining
- mām
- Me
- nivartante
- come back
- mṛtyu
- of death
- saṁsāra
- in material existence
- vartmani
- on the path
Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world.