Krishna addresses Arjuna as 'Paran-tapa' (conqueror of enemies) and issues a stark warning. He states that individuals who lack faith and trust (aśraddadhānāḥ) in this specific path of supreme dharma (dharmasyāsya) simply cannot reach or attain Him (aprāpya māṃ). As a direct consequence of this disconnection, they are forced to return (nivartante) to the continuous, cyclical path of material existence, which is characterized by repeated birth and death (mṛtyu-saṃsāra-vartmani).