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Bhagavad Gita 2.40

नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते। स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्।।

nehābhikrama-nāśho ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate svalpam apyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
nananot
ihaihain this
abhikramaabhikramaefforts
nāśhaḥnāśhaḥloss
astiastithere is
pratyavāyaḥpratyavāyaḥadverse result
nananot
vidyatevidyateis
su-alpamsu-alpama little
apiapieven
asyaasyaof this
dharmasyadharmasyaoccupation
trāyatetrāyatesaves
mahataḥmahataḥfrom great
bhayātbhayātdanger

In this, there is no loss of effort, nor is there any harm produced, nor any transgression. Even a little of this knowledge protects one from great fear.

इसमें क्रमनाश और प्रत्यवाय दोष नहीं है। इस धर्म (योग) का अल्प अभ्यास भी महान् भय से रक्षण करता है।।