ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम् ।सर्वज्ञानविमूढांस्तान्विद्धि नष्टानचेतसः ॥
ye tv etad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam |sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃs tān viddhi naṣṭān acetasaḥ ||
- ये · ye
- who
- तु · tu
- but
- एतत् · etat
- this
- अभ्यसूयन्तः · abhyasūyantaḥ
- finding fault, caviling
- न · na
- not
- अनुतिष्ठन्ति · anutiṣṭhanti
- they follow
- मे · me
- my
- मतम् · matam
- teaching
- सर्वज्ञानविमूढान् · sarvajñānavimūḍhān
- deluded in all knowledge
- तान् · tān
- them
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- नष्टान् · naṣṭān
- lost, ruined
- अचेतसः · acetasaḥ
- senseless, undiscerning
“But those who find fault with this teaching of mine and do not follow it — know them, deluded about all knowledge and undiscerning, to be lost.”
— Original plain-language translation
The dark counterpart to verse 31: chronic fault-finding (abhyasūyā) blinds the whole knowing faculty. Krishna's severity targets the attitude, not honest doubt like Arjuna's. Refusing the medicine while mocking it leaves the disease to run its course.
— Reader's notes (original)