यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः | न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ||१६-२३||
yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ . na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim ||16-23||
Chapter 16 · Verse 23
Daiva Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
दैवीसम्पद्विभागयोग
In plain words
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.
Translation
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.
Meaning
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.
Word by word
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.