नाचरेद् यस्तु वेदोक्तं स्वयमज्ञोऽजितेन्द्रिय: । विकर्मणा ह्यधर्मेण मृत्योर्मृत्युमुपैति स: ॥ ४५ ॥
nācared yas tu vedoktaṁ svayam ajño ’jitendriyaḥ vikarmaṇā hy adharmeṇa mṛtyor mṛtyum upaiti saḥ
- na ācaret
- does not perform
- yaḥ
- who
- tu
- but
- veda-uktam
- what is prescribed in the Vedas
- svayam
- himself
- ajñaḥ
- ignorant
- ajita-indriyaḥ
- not having learned to control his senses
- vikarmaṇā
- by not executing scriptural duty
- hi
- indeed
- adharmeṇa
- by his irreligion
- mṛtyoḥ mṛtyum
- death after death
- upaiti
- achieves
- saḥ
- he
If an ignorant person who has not conquered the material senses does not adhere to the Vedic injunctions, certainly he will engage in sinful and irreligious activities. Thus his reward will be repeated birth and death.