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# Bhagavadgita 2.40

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 2.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!ramanuja.2.40)

nehābhikramanāśo 'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate |  
svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt ||  
iha karmayoge nābhikramanāśo 'sti / abhikramaḥ -- ārambhaḥ / nāśaḥ phalasādhanabhāvanāśaḥ / ārabdhasyāsamāptasya vicchinnasyāpi na niṣphalatvam /ārabdhasya vicchede pratyavāyo 'pi na vidyate / asya karmayogākhyasya dharmasya svalpāṃśo 'pi mahato bhayāt -- saṃsārabhayāt trāyate / ayam arthaḥ; "pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśas tasya vidyate" iti uttaratra prapañcayiṣyate / anyāni hi laukikāni vaidikāni ca sādhanāni vicchinnāni na phalāya bhavanti; pratyavāyāya ca bhavanti //

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## Translations (3)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.40) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-telang.2.p5.4) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- [The Song Celestial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-arnold.2.p7.p2) — Edwin Arnold 1885, English

## Commentaries (14)

- [Jñāneśvarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.marathi.jnanesvara.jnanesvari.2.234) — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- [Subodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sridhara.71.1) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavirasaivabhasya.2.383) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sankara.2.157) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavivarana-sarvatobhadra.1.286) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadāśayānusaraṇabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhaskara.125.6) — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- [Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!abhinavagupta.1.171) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- [Tātparyabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!samkarananda.4.40) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Tattvaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!kesava-kasmiri.3.40) — Keśava Kāśmīrī, Sanskrit
- [Sārārthavarṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!visvanatha.2.40) — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- [Bālabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!g-s-pathak.2.39) — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
- [Arthaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.40) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vanamali-misra.3.40) — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit
- [Vaṃśī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vamsidhara-misra.5.40) — Vaṃśīdhara 1675, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.40) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.40) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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