pratyavāyaḥ—diminution; na—never; vidyate—there is;
Srimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Chapter 2,
Vers 40:
nehābhikrama-nāśo 'sti
pratyavāyo na vidyate
sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya
trāyate mahato bhayāt
SYNONYMS
na—there is not; iha—in this
world; abhikrama—endeavoring;
nāśaḥ—loss; asti—there
is; pratyavāyaḥ—diminution;
na—never; vidyate—there
is; svalpam—little; api—although;
asya—of this; dharmasya—of
this occupation; trāyate—releases;
mahataḥ—of very great; bhayāt—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 Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, or acting for the benefit of Kṛṣṇa
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 Kṛṣṇa
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 Kṛṣṇa consciousness is incomplete. One percent done
in Kṛṣṇa 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. Ajāmila performed his duty in some percentage of Kṛṣṇa 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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam:
tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ
caraṇāmbujaṁ harer
bhajan na pakko 'tha patet tato yadi
yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ
ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ
bhajan na pakko 'tha patet tato yadi
yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ
ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ
"If someone gives up self-gratificatory
pursuits and works in Kṛṣṇa
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?" (Bhāg. 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 Kṛṣṇa
consciousness carries the person again to Kṛṣṇa
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 brāhmaṇa
or in a rich aristocratic family that will give one a further chance for
elevation. That is the unique quality of work done in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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