Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 40

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 40

    नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते। स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्।।2.40।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    Here, there is no loss of effort, nor any accrual of evil. Even a little of this Dharma (called Karma Yoga) protects one from the great fear.
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