Sanskrit · Devanagari
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Whensoever, O descendant of Bharata! piety languishes, and impiety is in the ascendant, I create myself.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.7।। यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिः हानिः वर्णाश्रमादिलक्षणस्य प्राणिनामभ्युदयनिःश्रेयससाधनस्य भवति भारत अभ्युत्थानम् उद्भवः अधर्मस्य तदा तदा आत्मानं सृजामि अहं मायया।।किमर्थम्
a357013be2b9…Rāmānuja
4.7 There is no restriction as to the time of My birth; whenever the Dharma taught by the Vedas that must be observed according to the arrangements of the four stations and the four stages of life declines, and Adharma, its opposite, increases, then I Myself, by My own will and in the manner stated, incarnate Myself. Sri Krsna gives the purpose of His birth.
85249b60c6db…Swami Sivananda
4.7 यदा यदा whenever? हि surely? धर्मस्य of righteousness? ग्लानिः decline? भवति is? भारत O Bharata? अभ्युत्थानम् rise? अधर्मस्य of unrighteousness? तदा then? आत्मानम् Myself? सृजामि manifest? अहम् I.Commentary Dharma is that which sustains and holds together. There is no proper eivalen for this term in the English language. That which helps a man to attain to Moksha or salvation is Dharma. That which makes a man irreligious or unrighteous is Adharma. That which elevates a man and helps him reach the goal of life and attain knowledge is Dharma that which drags him and hurls him down in the abyss of worldliness and ignorance is Adharma.
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