यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत | अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ||४-७||
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata . abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham ||4-7||
- yadā yadā
- whenever and wherever
- hi
- certainly
- dharmasya
- of religion
- glāniḥ
- discrepancies
- bhavati
- become manifested
- bhārata
- O descendant of Bharata
- abhyutthānam
- predominance
- adharmasya
- of irreligion
- tadā
- at that time
- ātmānam
- self
- sṛjāmi
- manifest
- aham
- I
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.