Chapter 9: Raja Vidya Yoga, verse 3
अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।
अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥
Say itaśhraddadhānāḥ puruṣhā dharmasyāsya parantapa
aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛityu-samsāra-vartmani
Translation
Those who have no faith in this Dharma, O Parantapa, return to the path of this world without attaining Me.
Swami Sivananda
O destroyer of foes, those who are disregarding this Dharma (knowledge of the Self) certainly go round and round, without reaching Me, along the path of transmigration which is fraught with death.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Men devoid of faith in this Dharma, O scorcher of foes, ever remain without attaining Me, on the mortal path of Samsara.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
O scorcher of foes! Those who have no faith in this Dharma do not attain Me and remain eternally in the cycle of mundane existence, fraught with death.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
They who have no faith in this teaching cannot find Me; they remain lost in the purlieus of this perishable world.
Shri Purohit Swami
हे परंतप! इस धर्मकी महिमापर श्रद्धा न रखनेवाले मनुष्य मेरे प्राप्त न होकर मृत्युरूप संसारके मार्गमें लौटते रहते हैं अर्थात् बार-बार जन्मते-मरते रहते हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
हे परन्तप ! इस धर्म में श्रद्धारहित पुरुष मुझे प्राप्त न होकर मृत्युरूपी संसार में रहते हैं (भ्रमण करते हैं)।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.