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 ||
この業の修練（カルマ・ヨーガ）の道においては、真実の一歩が無に帰することはなく、また逆の堕落を生むこともない。たとえこのダルマをわずかに修するだけでも、大いなる恐れ—とりわけ生死の輪廻に結びつく存在の恐怖—から人を守る。心を鎮め、行いを正法にかなわせるがゆえである。
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.