Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

    Verse 7

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 7

    यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham

    Translation

    Whenever there is a decline of Dharma, O Arjuna, and an uprising of Adharma, then I incarnate myself.
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