श्रीभगवानुवाच ।पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते ।न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca |pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśas tasya vidyate |na hi kalyāṇakṛt kaścid durgatiṃ tāta gacchati ||
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha
- इह · iha
- here
- अमुत्र · amutra
- hereafter
- विनाशः · vināśaḥ
- ruin
- न विद्यते · na vidyate
- does not exist
- कल्याणकृत् · kalyāṇakṛt
- doer of good
- दुर्गतिम् · durgatim
- evil goal
- तात · tāta
- dear one
“The Blessed Lord said: O Partha, neither here nor hereafter is there ruin for him. No doer of good comes to an evil goal, dear one.”
— Original plain-language translation
The reassurance is absolute: sincere effort is never wasted in either world. Goodness carries its traveler across death. The torn cloud does not dissolve into nothing.
— Reader's notes (original)