Verse 6.40

Verse 6.40: The Exalted-one Spake: “O Son of Pritha, neither here nor hereafter does destruction overtake him. For, no one, My dear friend, who has done what is good, ever treads the path of woe. (437)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

Then Lord Krishna said, “Oh Partha, one who has a great longing for the bliss of Salvation, what fate, other than salvation, could he have? But one thing happens in this, and it is, that he has meanwhile to undergo vexatious detention. But such detention also involves happiness which even the Gods do not secure. Had he (such person) in the ordinary course, followed the path of ‘Yoga’-study, at a quicker pace, he could have reached the destination viz. the state of “I am that person—the perfection” even before the setting of the sun of his life. But not possessing that much speed, it is but apt that he should linger. Yet he is, at any rate, destined to attain the salvation in the end.