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aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa . aprāpya māṃ nivartante mṛtyusaṃsāravartmani
破敵者啊，那些對此「達磨」（自性知識）漠不關心的人，未能到達我，卻不斷地在充滿死亡的輪迴之路上流轉。
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.
阿周那問道：「主啊，既然這自性知識易於獲得，且為萬物之最上，並能帶來最大的益處，為何人們不努力去獲取它呢？所有人都應當獲得此知識。」主回答說：「我親愛的弟子啊，人們對此『達磨』（Dharma）或知識缺乏信心，因此重返這死亡世界的道路。即使他們憑藉自己的想像力努力追求，也無法到達我，因為他們沒有具備經典所規定的正確方法。『達磨』（Dharma）意指法則、宗教、自性知識。這種信心並非僅僅是對某些教條或原則的智性信念，也非僅僅相信他人的陳述。它是一種堅定不移的內在確信，即唯有自性知識方能賦予人至高無上的和平、不朽與永恆的喜樂。正是商羯羅（Sri Sankara）這種堅定不移的信念，促使他離開母親，投身於其上師高文達帕達（Sri Govindapada）的慈悲庇護之下，以求獲得此至高無上的淨化、直覺的、符合正法的、極易實踐且不朽的知識。正是佛陀（Lord Buddha）的堅強信念，激勵他產生了那種鋼鐵般的決心，他曾言：『我未證悟之前，絕不離開此座。』信心與熾熱的決心是相輔相成的。主在前兩節中以肯定法（Vidhi Mukhastuti）讚揚了自性知識。在第三節中，祂以否定法（Nishedha Mukhastuti）來頌揚它。第一、二節描述了獲得自性知識的益處，此為肯定法讚揚。第三節則描述了未能獲得自性知識所導致的災難性後果，此為否定法讚揚。那些貪婪、淫慾、罪惡之人，奉行肉體哲學，過著惡魔般的生活，崇拜身體並將其視為自性，且對自性知識毫無信心，他們無法到達我。他們甚至連一絲引導人走向我的虔誠之心都沒有。他們停留在通往地獄及動物、蟲類等低級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.