Sanskrit · Devanagari
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते। स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
nehābhikramanāśo.asti pratyavāyo na vidyate svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882no obstacles exist and even a little of this (form of ) piety protects one from great danger.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.40।। न इह मोक्षमार्गे कर्मयोगे अभिक्रमनाशः अभिक्रमणमभिक्रमः प्रारम्भः तस्य नाशः नास्ति यथा कृष्यादेः। योगविषये प्रारम्भस्य न अनैकान्तिकफलत्वमित्यर्थः। किञ्चनापि चिकित्सावत् प्रत्यवायः विद्यते भवति। किं तु स्वल्पमपि अस्य धर्मस्य योगधर्मस्य अनुष्ठितं त्रायते रक्षति महतः भयात् संसारभयात् जन्ममरणादिलक्षणात्।।येयं सांख्ये बुद्धिरुक्ता योगे च वक्ष्यमाणलक्षणा सा
c129836889ac…Rāmānuja
2.40 Here, in Karma Yoga, there is no loss of 'Abhikrama' or of effort that has been put in; 'loss' means the loss of efficacy to bring about the fruits. In Karma Yoga if work is begun and left unfinished, and the continuity is broken in the middle, it does not remain fruitless, as in the case of works undertaken for their fruits. No evil result is acired if the continuity of work is broken. Even a little of this Dharma known as Karma Yoga or Niskama Karma (unselfish action without desire for any reward) gives protection from the great fear, i.e., the fear of transmigratory existence. The same purport is explained later thus: 'Neither in this world nor the next, O Arjuna, there is annihilation for him' (6.40). But in works, Vedic and secular, when there is interruption in the middle, not only do they not yield fruits, but also there is accrual of evil. Now, Sri Krsna distinguishes the Buddhi or mental disposition concerned with those acts which constitute a means for attaining release from those which are concerned with the acts meant for gaining the desired objects:
e4d4889eff54…Swami Sivananda
2.40 न not? इह in this? अभिक्रमनाशः loss of effort? अस्ति is? प्रत्यवायः production of contrary results? न not? विद्यते is? स्वल्पम् very little? अपि even? अस्य of this? धर्मस्य duty? त्रायते protects? महतः (from) great? भयात् fear.Commentary If a religious ceremony is left uncompleted? it is a wastage as the performer cannot realise the fruits. But it is not so in the case of Karma Yoga because every action causes immediate purification of the heart.In agriculture there is uncertainty. The farmer may till the land? plough and sow the seed but he may not get a crop if there is no rain. This is not so in Karma Yoga. There is no uncertainty at all. Further? there is no chance of any harm coming out of it. In the case of medical treatment great harm will result from the doctors injudicious treatment if he uses a wrong medicine. But it is not so in the case of Karma Yoga. Anything done? however little it may be? in this path of Yoga? the Yoga of action? saves one from great fear of being caught in the wheel of birth and death. Lord Krishna here extols Karma Yoga in order to create interest in Arjuna in this Yoga.
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