अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥

Arjuna asks, O Lord, why do people not attempt to attain this knowledge of the Self when it can be easily attained, when it is the highest of all things, and when it gives the greatest benefits All should certainly attain this knowledge. The Lord replies, O My beloved disciple, people have no faith in this Dhrama or knowledge and so return to the path of this world of death. Even if they strive with the help of the means of their own imagination they cannot attain Me as they are not endowed with the right means prescribed by the scriptures.Dharma means law, religion, knowledge of the Self.This faith is not mere intellectual belief in certain dogmas or principles. It is not merely belief in the statement of another. It is unshakable firm inner conviction that the knowledge of the Self alone can give one supreme peace, immortality and eternal bliss. It was this strong and unflinching faith of Sri Sankara that goaded him to leave his mother and take shelter under the kind protection of his Guru Sri Govindapada for attaining this knowledge which is the supreme purifier, intuitional, accordig to righteousness, very easy to perform, and imperishable. It was the strong faith of Lord Buddha that induced him to have that iron determination which he expressed in these words, I will not budge an inch from my seat till I get illumination