2.40 नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते। स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्
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abhikrama—efforts;nāśhaḥ—loss;asti—there is;pratyavāyaḥ—adverse result;na—not;vidyate—is;su-alpam—a little;api—even;asya—of this;dharmasya—occupation;trāyate—saves;mahataḥ—from great;bhayāt—danger
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Here, there is no loss due to transgression, and there is no contrary downward course (sin); even a little of this righteous thing can save one from great danger.
On this Path, endeavour is never wasted, nor can it ever be repressed. Even a very little of its practice protects one from great danger.
Here, there is no loss of effort, nor any accrual of evil. Even a little of this Dharma (called Karma Yoga) protects a man from the great fear.
Here there is no waste of an attempt; nor is there (any) harm. Even a little of this righteousness saves (one) from great fear.
In this there is no loss of effort, nor is there any harm (the production of contrary results or transgression). Even a little of this knowledge (even a little practice of this Yoga) protects one from great fear.
2.42 यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः। वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः
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Word meanings
yām imām—all these;puṣhpitām—flowery;vācham—words;pravadanti—speak;avipaśhchitaḥ—those with limited understanding;veda-vāda-ratāḥ—attached to the flowery words of the Vedas;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;na anyat—no other;asti—is;iti—thus;vādinaḥ—advocate
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O son of Prtha! Those, whose very nature is desire, whose goal is heaven, who esteem only the Vedic declaration [of fruits], who declare that there is nothing else, are men without insight.
Only the ignorant speak in figurative language. It is they who extol the letter of the scriptures, saying, There is nothing deeper than this.'
O! Partha, the unwise, who rejoice in the letter of the Vedas, say, 'There is nothing else.' They are full only of worldly desires and they hanker for heaven. They speak flowery words which offer rebirth as the fruit of work. They look upon the Vedas as consisting entirely of varied rites for the attainment of pleasure and power. Those who cling so to pleasure and power are attracted by that speech (offering heavenly rewards) and are unable to develop the resolute will of a concentrated mind.
O son of Prtha, those undiscerning people who utter this flowery talk which promises birth as a result of rites and duties, and is full of various special rites meant for the attainment of enjoyment and affluence , they remain engrossed in the utterances of the Vedas and declare that nothing else exists; their minds are full of desires and they have heaven as the goal.
Flowery speech is uttered by the unwise, who take pleasure in the eulogising words of the Vedas, O Arjuna, saying: “There is nothing else!”
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.41 व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन। बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्
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vyavasāya-ātmikā—resolute;buddhiḥ—intellect;ekā—single;iha—on this path;kuru-nandana—descendent of the Kurus;bahu-śhākhāḥ—many-branched;hi—indeed;anantāḥ—endless;cha—also;buddhayaḥ—intellect;avyavasāyinām—of the irresolute
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O source of joy to the Kurus! The knowledge in the form of determination is one; however, the knowledge (thoughts) of those who lack determination has many branches and has no end.
By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable.
In this (Karma Yoga), O Arjuna, the resolute mind is one-pointed; the minds of the irresolute are many-branched and endless.
O scion of the Kuru dynasty, in this there is a single, one-pointed conviction. The thoughts of the irresolute ones have many branches indeed, and are innumerable.
Here, O joy of the Kurus, there is a single one-pointed determination! Many-branched and endless are the thoughts of the irresolute.
