Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]In this there is no waste of the unfinished, and there is no destruction; even a little of this dharma frees one from great fear.
BG 2.40
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते। स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्॥
nehābhikrama-nāśo 'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate / svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
"No effort on this path is ever wasted — even a little progress protects you from great fear."
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William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]In this path there is no waste of effort, nor is there any harm; even a little of this righteousness saves from great fear.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]In this path, effort is never wasted and no obstacle prevails; even a little of this knowledge protects one from great fear.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]In this path, there is no waste of effort begun, and there is no harm. Even a little of this dharma preserves one from great fear.