BG 9.3

अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप ।
अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥
aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa
aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani

Word-for-word meanings

puruṣāḥ — people;  aśraddadhānāḥ — who lack faith;  asya — regarding this;  dharmasya — [supreme] wisdom path;  param-tapa — O scorcher of enemies;  aprāpya — not attaining;  mām — Me;  nivartante — they return;  vartmani — to the path;  saṁsāra — [of] cyclic existence;  mṛtyu — [rooted in] death.

Translation

People lacking faith in this supreme wisdom path, O scorcher of enemies, being unable to attain Me, return to the path of cyclic existence rooted in death.

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