Mahabharata 6.26.40 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 26, Shloka 40
कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश
Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction
सम्बन्ध-- इस प्रकार कर्मयोगके वर्णनकी प्रस्तावना करके अब उसका रहस्यपूर्ण महत्त्व बतलाते हैं-- नेहाभिक्रमनाशो<स्ति प्रत्यवायोः न विद्यते । स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्
nehābhikramanāśo 'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate | svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt ||
En esta senda de acción disciplinada (karma-yoga), ningún comienzo sincero se pierde, ni engendra una caída moral contraria. Incluso una mínima práctica de este dharma protege del gran temor—sobre todo del pavor existencial ligado al renacer y morir repetidos—al aquietar la mente y alinear la acción con la rectitud.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karma-yoga is a safe and cumulative discipline: sincere effort is never wasted, it does not produce a harmful ‘reverse’ result, and even limited practice powerfully protects the practitioner from profound existential fear by grounding life in dharma.
On the battlefield setting of Bhishma Parva, the teaching turns to the practical path of karma-yoga. The speaker emphasizes its reliability and moral security, encouraging the listener that even a small start in this discipline yields lasting protection and is never futile.
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