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9.3 Those without faith in it Krishna speaks

अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप
अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि

aśhraddadhānāḥ puruṣhā dharmasyāsya parantapa
aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛityu-samsāra-vartmani

Those without faith in this way, Arjuna, do not reach me. They return again to the round of death.

Explanation

And the one hard sentence, placed early.

Those without faith in this way do not reach him; they return to the round of death.

It sits oddly against everything that follows, which widens the door repeatedly — to those who want something, to other gods' worshippers, to the badly behaved. The only exclusion the chapter names is a lack of faith.

Word by word

aśhraddadhānāḥ
people without faith
puruṣhāḥ
(such) persons
dharmasya
of dharma
asya
this
parantapa
Arjun, conqueror the enemies
aprāpya
without attaining
mām
me
nivartante
come back
mṛityu
death
samsāra
material existence
vartmani
in the path