Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16/Verse 23

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॥

Who having cast aside scriptural knowledge, according to one's desire one exists; that one does not attain perfection, nor happiness, nor the highest path. 


yas (pronoun, 3rd peson, masculine, nominative, singular) = who 

śāstravidhim (masculine, accusative, singular) = scriptural knowledge 

utsṛjya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having cast aside 

vartate (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one exists

kāmakāratas (adverb) (indeclinable) = according to one's desire 



na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

sas (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = that one

siddhim (feminine, accusative, singular) = perfection

avāpnoti (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one attains  

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

sukhaṃ (neuter, accusative, singular) = happiness 

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

parām (feminine, accusative, singular) = highest  

gatim (feminine, accusative, singular) = path