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aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa . aprāpya māṃ nivartante mṛtyusaṃsāravartmani
降伏仇敌者啊，那些不重视此达摩（关于自我的知识）的人，必定在充满死亡的轮回之路上，周而复始，无法抵达我。
O destroyer of foes, persons who are regardless of this Dharma (knowledge of the Self) certainly go round and round, without reaching Me, along the path of transmigration which is fraught with death.
阿周那问道：“主啊，既然这关于自我的知识如此易得，又是万物之最高，且能带来最大益处，为何人们不努力去获得呢？所有人理应都获得此知识。”主回答道：“我亲爱的门徒啊，人们对此达摩或知识缺乏信心，因此返回到这死亡世界的道路上。即使他们凭借自己的想象力所创造的手段去努力，也无法抵达我，因为他们没有具备经文所规定的正确方法。达摩意指法则、宗教、以及关于自我的知识。这种信心并非仅仅是对某些教条或原则的智力上的相信，也并非仅仅是对他人言论的相信。它是一种坚定不移的内在信念，确信唯有关于自我的知识才能赐予至高无上的平静、不朽和永恒的极乐。正是圣商羯罗这种坚强不屈的信念，促使他离开母亲，寻求古茹哥文达帕达的慈悲庇护，以获得这种至高无上的净化、直觉性、符合正法、易于实行且永恒不灭的知识。正是佛陀坚定的信念，促使他下定决心，他说：‘我将寸步不离此座，直到获得觉悟。’信心与炽热的决心相辅相成。主在前两节中以肯定赞美法（Vidhi Mukhastuti）赞扬了关于自我的知识。他在第三节中以否定赞美法（Nishedha Mukhastuti）赞扬了它。第一和第二节描述了获得关于自我的知识所带来的益处，这是肯定赞美法。第三节描述了未能获得关于自我的知识所导致的灾难性后果，这是否定赞美法。那些贪婪、淫欲、罪恶的人，他们是肉体哲学的追随者，过着恶魔般的生活，崇拜身体并将其视为自我，对关于自我的知识毫无信心，他们无法抵达我。他们甚至不具备一丝一毫的虔诚，而虔诚也是引导人们走向我的道路之一。他们滞留在通往地狱以及动物、蠕虫等低等生命的死亡世界之路上。
Arjuna asks? O Lord? why do people not attempt to attain this knowledge of the Self when it can be easily attained? when it is the highest of all things? and when it gives the greatest benefits All should certainly attain this knowledge. The Lord replies? O My beloved disciple? people have no faith in this Dhrama or knowledge and so return to the path of this world of death. Even if they strive with the help of the means of their own imagination they cannot attain Me as they are not endowed with the right means prescribed by the scriptures.Dharma means law? religion? knowledge of the Self.This faith is not mere intellectual belief in certain dogmas or principles. It is not merely belief in the statement of another. It is unshakable firm inner conviction that the knowledge of the Self alone can give one supreme peace? immortality and eternal bliss. It was this strong and unflinching faith of Sri Sankara that goaded him to leave his mother and take shelter under the kind protection of his Guru Sri Govindapada for attaining this knowledge which is the supreme purifier? intuitional? accordig to righteousness? very easy to perform? and imperishable. It was the strong faith of Lord Buddha that induced him to have that iron determination which he expressed in these words? I will not budge an inch from my seat till I get illumination. Faith goes hand in hand with fiery determination.The Lord has eulogies the knowledge of the Self in the first two verses by the positive method (Vidhi Mukhastuti). He has extolled it in the third verse by the negative method (Nishedha Mukhastuti). The benefits of obtaining knowledge of the Self are described in the first and the second verses. This is Vidhi Mukhastuti. The disastrous effects that result from not obtaining the knowledge of the Self are described in the third verse. This is Nishedha Mukhastuti.The greedy? lustful and sinful persons who are the followers of the philosophy of the flesh? who lead the life of the demons? who worship the body taking it to be the Self? and who have no faith in the knowledge of the Self? do not reach Me. They do not even possess an iota of devotion which is also one of the paths that lead men to Me. They remain in the path of the world of death which leads to hell and the lower births of animals? worms? etc.