BG - 4.2

एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः। स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।

evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣhayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣhṭaḥ parantapa

• evam - thus
• paramparā - in a continuous tradition
• prāptam - received
• imam - this (science)
• rāja-ṛiṣhayaḥ - the saintly kings
• viduḥ - understood
• saḥ - that
• kālena - with the long passage of time
• iha - in this world
• mahatā - great
• yogaḥ - the science of Yog
• naṣhṭaḥ - lost
• parantapa - Arjun, the scorcher of foes

Translation

This, handed down in regular succession by the royal sages, was known. This Yoga, however, has been lost here over time, O Parantapa (burner of the foes).

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