Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch. 2] Text 40

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch. 2]

 

Text 40

 

 

nehabhikrama-naso `sti

pratyavayo na vtdyate

svalpam apy asya dharmasya

truyate mahato bhayat

 

na—there is not; iha—in this world; abhikrama—endeavoring; nasah

loss; asti—there is; pratyavayah--diminution; na—never; vidyate—

there is; svalpam—little; api—although; asya—of this; dharmasya— of

this occupation; trayate—releases; mahatah— of very great; bhayat—

from danger.

 

 

 

 

TRANSLATION

In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little

advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type

of fear.

 

PURPORT

 

Activity in Krsna consciousness, or acting for the benefit of Krsna

without expectation of sense gratification, is the highest

transcendental quality of work. Even a small beginning of such

activity finds no impedi­ment, nor can that small beginning be lost at

any stage. Any work begun on the material plane has to be completed,

otherwise the whole attempt becomes a failure. But any work begun in

Krsna consciousness has, a permanent effect, even though not

finished. The performer of such work is therefore not at a loss even

if his work in Krsna consciousness is incom­plete. One percent done in

Krsna consciousness bears permanent results, so that the next

beginning is from the point of two percent; whereas, in material

activity, without a hundred percent success, there is no profit.

Ajamila performed his duty in some percentage of Krsna consciousness,

but the result he enjoyed at the end was a hundred percent, by the

grace of the Lord. There is a nice verse in this connection in

Srimad-Bhagavatam:

tyaktva sva-dharmam caranambujam harer

bhajan na pakko'tha patet tato yadi

yatra kva vabhadram abhud amusya kim

ko vartha apto'bhajatam sva-dharmatah

 

"If someone gives up self-gratificatory pursuits and works in Krsna

consciousness and then falls down on account of not completing his

work, what loss is there on his part? And, what can one gain if one

performs his material activities perfectly?" (Bhag. 1.5.17) Or, as

the Christians say, "What profiteth a man if he gain the whole world

yet suffers the loss of his eternal soul?"

Material activities and their results end with the body. But work in

Krsna consciousness carries the person again to Krsna consciousness,

even after the loss of the body. At least one is sure to have a

chance in the next life of being born again as a human being, either

in the family of a great cultured brahmana or in a rich aristocratic

family that will give one a further chance for elevation. That is the

unique quality of work done in Krsna consciousness.

 

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