| 3. Persons having
no faith in this Dharma, O harasser of thy foes, without reaching Me, remain
verily in the path of the mortal world.Those who have no faith in this Dharma
(law, religion) knowledge of the Self, those who do not believe in its existence
or in its effects, the sinful who follow the doctrine of the Demons (Asuras),
regarding the physical body itself as the Self; these greedy and sinful
persons do not attain to Me the Supreme LordThe attaining of Me is certainly
out of question ; wherefore, the implication is that they do not attain
even to devotion (Bhakti) which is one of the paths leading to Me ; they
are sure to remain in the path of the mortal world, in that path only which
leads to hell (naraka) and to the lower kingdoms of animals, etc.All beings
rest in the Lord.Having prepared Arjuna (to listen to the Doctrine) by extolling
it, the Lord says |
