English
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16 Verse 23
Daivāsurasampadvibhāga Yoga · śloka 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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