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यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः।न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम्।।16.23।।

yaḥ śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya vartate kāma-kārataḥ na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 16, Verse 23
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
He who, having cast aside the ordinances of the scriptures, acts under the impulse of desire, does not attain perfection, nor happiness, nor the Supreme Goal.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: one who abandons scriptural injunctions and acts according to the impulse of desire does not attain perfection, happiness, or the highest goal, naming impulsive, desire-driven action, specifically outside any considered framework, as ultimately unsatisfying regardless of short-term appeal.

In life: acting purely on impulse, outside any considered framework of values, tends to produce short-term satisfaction at best, rather than the sustained sense of fulfillment that considered, values-aligned action actually produces over time.

Teaching: before an impulsive decision driven purely by immediate desire, check it against your own considered framework of values first, this verse suggests the impulsive version, however appealing in the moment, tends not to produce lasting satisfaction the way the considered version would.

yaḥwho
śhāstra-vidhimscriptural injunctions
utsṛijyadiscarding
vartateact
kāma-kārataḥunder the impulse of desire
naneither
saḥthey
siddhimperfection
avāpnotiattain
nanor
sukhamhappiness
nanor
parāmthe supreme
gatimgoal

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
16.23 यः who? शास्त्रविधिम् the ordinance of the scriptures? उत्सृज्य having cast aside? वर्तते acts? कामकारतः under the impulse of desire? न not? सः he? सिद्धिम् perfection? अवाप्नोति attains? न not? सुखम् happiness? न not? पराम् Supreme? गतिम् Goal.Commentary He who does not care for the Self? who gives free rein to these three sins? is a traitor to the Self. He who has renounced the authority of the Vedas which? like a mother? is eally disposed and kind to all? and which? like a beaconlight? points out what is good and what is evil? does not attain perfection nor happiness nor the Supreme Goal. He who pays no attention to prescribed actions and follows the promptings of desire awakened by the senses? does not obtain God.