Chapter 4, Verse 7
Text
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत | अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ||४-७||
Transliteration
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata . abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham ||4-7||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
4.7 Whenever there is decline of righteousness, O Arjuna, and rise of unrighteousness, then I manifest Myself.
In English by 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.