Chapter4 Shloka7 - Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Chapter 4 : Jnana Yoga - The Yoga of knowledge

Ch 04 : Sh 07

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्‌ ॥

Transliteration

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir-bhavati bhārata |
abhyutthānam-adharmasya tadā’tmānaṃ sṛjāmy-aham || 7 ||

Translation

O descendant of bharat(Arjuna)! Whenever there is a decline of Dharma(perennial principles or righteousness and surge in Adharma (unrighteousness), at that time, I manifest Myself [in mortal form].

Purport