BG 2.40
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते ।
स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥
स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥
nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate
sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
Word-for-word meanings
iha — on this path; na asti — there is not; nāśaḥ — loss; abhikrama — in progress undertaken; na vidyate — nor is there; pratyavāyaḥ — any contrary result; su-alpam api — even a little [practice]; asya dharmasya — of this dharma; trāyate — protects; mahataḥ bhayāt — from great fear.
Translation
On this path [of karma-yoga], there is no loss of progress undertaken, nor is there any chance of obtaining a contrary result. Even a little practice of this dharma protects one from the great fear [of repeated birth and death].