i-Gita Chapter-4 Verse-7

[Vaishnavism eClass]

i-Gita Chapter-4 Verse-7

yada yada hi dharmasya 

glanir bhavati bharata 

abhyutthanam adharmasya 

tadatmanam srjamy aham

SYNONYMS

yada--whenever; yada--wherever; hi--certainly; dharmasya--of religion; glanih--discrepancies; bhavati--manifested, becomes; bharata--O descendant of Bharata; abhyutthanam--predominance; adharmasya--of irreligion; tada--at that time; atmanam--self; srjami--manifest; aham--I.

TRANSLATION

Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I descend Myself.