Katha Upanishad Chapter 3 Verse 7

Original Verse

यस्त्वविज्ञानवान् भवत्यमनस्कः सदाऽशुचिः । न स तत्पदमाप्नोति संसारं चाधिगच्छति ॥ ७ ॥

yas tv avijñānavān bhavaty amanaskaḥ sadā 'śuciḥ | na sa tatpadam āpnoti saṃsāraṃ cādhigacchati || 7 ||

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English Translation

He who has no understanding, who is unmindful and always impure, never reaches that place, but enters into the round of births.

English Translation

The one who lacks understanding, who is heedless and always impure, never reaches that goal. That person continues in the cycle of rebirth.