Capítulo 16, Slok 23
Text
yaH zAstravidhimutsRjya vartate kAmakArataH | na sa siddhimavApnoti na sukhaM na parAM gatim ||16-23||
Transliteration
yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ . na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim ||16-23||
Meanings
16.23 He who, abandoning the injunctions of the Sastras, acts under the influence of desire, attains neither perfection nor pleasure, nor the supreme state. - Adi