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Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 39<\/a><\/p>\n nEhAbhikrama nASO’sthi prathyavAyO na vidhyathE |<\/em> iha – in karma yOga (even if stopped after beginning) In this karma yOga, there is no loss for the begun efforts. (Even if stopped after beginning) there is no defect; in this dharma named karma yOga, even minute effort will protect from great fear of samsAram (material realm\/bondage).<\/p>\n \u2018In this [1.That is Karma-Yoga or doing works as duty with no interest in fruit. This is the philosophy of action.] there is no loss of effort, nor can any harm accrue. Even an iota of this Dharma [2. Dharma<\/em> here means the right performance of work.] saves from great fear.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n Any little effort that may have been made in this [2. That is Karma-Yoga or doing works as duty with no interest in fruit. This is the philosophy of action.], viz, karma-yoga<\/em>, is not in vain. Abhikrama<\/em> means \u0101rambha<\/em>=beginning (i.e., effort). N\u0101\u015ba<\/em>=destruction, i.e., the destruction or loss, that the effort is means to a certain fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n No failure of fruit attends even when a duty begun is not completed on account of interruptions intervening. And no harm whatever will accrue if it be interrupted at the commencement itself.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Even an iota of this dharma saves from great fear<\/em>\u2019: viz., the fear of sams\u0101ra<\/em> (mundane career).<\/span><\/p>\n This same truth is further elaborated in verse:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Neither here, nor hereafter, is there loss to him, P\u0101rtha!\u2019 (Bh: GI: VI-40<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n There are other ways (or efforts) both secular (laukik<\/em>) and Scriptural (Vaidik<\/em>), which when interrupted become abortive, and are moreover attended with evil consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n The difference between the wisdom of performing fructiferous action (k\u0101mya<\/em>), and the wisdom of performing action with final deliverance (moksha<\/em>) as aim, is now pointed out:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 41<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 39 SlOkam \u2013 Original nEhAbhikrama nASO’sthi prathyavAyO na vidhyathE | svalpam api asya dharmasya thrAyathE mahathO bhayAth || word-by-word meaning iha – in karma yOga abhikramanASa: – loss for the begun efforts na asthi – not there; (even if … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-2","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n svalpam api asya dharmasya thrAyathE mahathO bhayAth ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nabhikramanASa: – loss for the begun efforts
\nna asthi – not there;<\/p>\n
\nprathyavAya: – defect
\nna vidhyathE – not there;
\nasya dharmasya – in this dharma named karma yOga
\nsvalpam api – even minute effort
\nmahatha: – great
\nbhayAth – fear of samsAram (material realm\/bondage)
\nthrAyathE – protected.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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