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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16 Verse 23

Daivāsurasampadvibhāga Yoga · śloka 23

16.23

śloka 23

yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ |

na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim ||16-23||

Translation

The person who, abandoning scriptural injunctions, acts only impelled by his own desire attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme goal.

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