नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते ।स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥२- ४०॥

nehābhikramanāśo'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate ।svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt ॥2- 40॥

न na, = not.; इहा  iha, = here, here in the world.; अभिक्रम abhikrama (m.), = undertaking, effort.; नाशो nasas (m. nom. sg. = derivative noun from *nas), = loss, disappearance, destruction. (abhikramanāśo, m. nom. sg. TP cpd., destruction of effort.); ऽस्ति asti (3rd sg. pr. indic. *as), = it is, there is.; प्रत्यवायो pratyavayas (m. nom. sg. fromprati ava *i), = decrease, diminution, reverse, contrary course, opposite action. न na, = not.; विद्यते vidyate (3rd sg. pr. indic. pass. *vid), = it is found. स्वल्पम svalpam (m. acc. sg.), little, very small. api, even, also.; अस्य asya (gen. sg.), = of it, of this.; धर्मस्य dharmasya (m. gen. sg.), = of discipline, of law, of virtue.; त्रायते triiyate (3rd sg. pr. indic. mid. *trai), = it protects, it rescues.; महतो  mahatas (n. abl. sg.), = from great.; भयात् bhayat (n. abl. sg.), = from danger, from fear.