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Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 2 / Verse 40
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Bhagavad Gita 2.40

English
Sanskrit
Hindi
Sanskrit

नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते | स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्

Transliteration

nehābhikramanāśo.asti pratyavāyo na vidyate . svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt

English

Here there is no waste of an attempt; nor is there (any) harm. Even a little of this righteousness saves (one) from great fear.

हिन्दी

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

Explanation — English

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.

Explanation — हिन्दी

क्रमनाश जिस प्रकार कृषि क्षेत्र में फसल पाने के लिये भूमि जोतना सींचना बीज बोना निराई सुरक्षा और कटाई आदि क्रम का पालन करना पड़ता है अन्यथा हानि उठानी पड़ती है उसी प्रकार वेदों के कर्मकाण्ड में वर्णित यज्ञयागादि के अनुष्ठान में भी क्रमानुसार क्रिया विधि न करने पर यज्ञ का फल नहीं मिलता। इतना ही नहीं यदि वेद प्रतिपादित कर्मों को न किया जाय तो वह प्रत्यवाय दोष कहलाता है जिसका अनिष्ट फल कर्त्ता (जीव)को भोगना पड़ता है। लौकिक फल प्राप्ति में यही बातें देखी जाती हैं। भौतिक जगत् में भी इसी प्रकार के अनेक उदाहरण हैं जैसे गलत औषधियों के प्रयोग से रोगी को अपने प्राणों से हाथ धोना पड़ता है।कर्म क्षेत्र में इन दोषों के होने से हमें इष्टफल नहीं मिल पाता। भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण यहां मानो इस ज्ञान का विज्ञापन करते हुये कर्मयोग का उपर्युक्त दोनों दोषों से सर्वथा मुक्त और सुरक्षित होने का आश्वासन देते हैं।अब इस ज्ञान का स्वरूप बताते हैं

Sanskrit
English
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.
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