Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.40
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.40 · 2 · Verse 40
Sanskrit Original
।।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
2.40 Moreover, iha, here, in the path to Liberation, viz the Yoga of Action (rites and duties); na, there is no; abhikrama-nasah, waste of an attempt, of a beginning, unlike as in agriculture etc. The meaning is that the result of any attempt in the case of Yoga is not uncertain. Besides, unlike as in medical care, na vidyate, nor is there, nor does there arises; any pratyavayah, harm. But, svalpam api, even a little; asya, of this; dharmasya, righteousness in the form of Yoga (of Action); when pracised, trayate, saves (one); mahato bhayat, from great fear, of mundance existence characterized by death, birth, etc.