BG - 4.7

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

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham

• yadā yadā - whenever
• hi - certainly
• dharmasya - of righteousness
• glāniḥ - decline
• bhavati - is
• bhārata - Arjun, descendant of Bharat
• abhyutthānam - increase
• adharmasya - of unrighteousness
• tadā - at that time
• ātmānam - self
• sṛijāmi - manifest
• aham - I

Translation

Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and an increase of unrighteousness, O Arjuna, then I manifest Myself.

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