The Song Of Life: 25. Never A Good Deed Done Goes Vain Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Never a deed done here goes vain,
No hope hindered, no good end marred,
No faith blocked, no path barred,
Nor need one fear of reaction,
Saving its doer from cycles of birth,
Even a dash of good is well its worth.|| 2.40 ||

Here is the transliteration with the meanings of Sanskrit words:

na iha abhikrama nāshah astipratyavāyah na vidyate |
svalpam api asya dharmasya trāyate mahatah bhayāt ||

na iha: never (is)here (in yoga of knowledge) 1
abhikrama-: undertaking, effort
nāshah: destruction, waste, loss
asti: it is; there be
pratyavāyah: (fear of)adverse result, reaction
na vidyate:(is)not found
svalpam api (su-alpam) : even a little of a good deed
asya: of this (approach, discipline)
dharmasya: of discipline; way of life, virtue
trāyate: saves (from the cycle of birth and death) , salvages
mahatah: (from)great
bhayāt: from fear, danger

1. Bhagavad-Gita talks of a three-fold approach to yoga: jňāna-yoga, Knowledge as a means of liberation. Other yogas talked about are: karma-yoga, discipline of Karma, doing one's duty; Bhakti-yoga, discipline of selfless love, affection towards one's deity, the yoga of devotion and faith.
Topic: deed, karma