श्रीभगवानुवाच
4.5 बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन। तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप
śrī bhagavān uvāca
bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava c
Word meanings
bahūni—many;me—of mine;vyatītāni—have passed;janmāni—births;tava—of yours;cha—and;arjuna—Arjun;tāni—them;aham—I;veda—know;sarvāṇi—all;na—not;tvam—you;vettha—know;parantapa—Arjun, the scorcher of foes
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Bhagavat said, "O Arjuna, many births of Mine as well as yours have passed. All of them I know, but you do not, O scorcher of foes!"
Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine.
The Lord said Many births of Mine have passed, O Arjuna, and so is it with you also. I know them all, but you do not know them.
The Blessed Lord said O Arjuna, many lives of Mine have passed, and so have yours. I know them all, (but) you know not, O scorcher of enemies!
Many births of Mine have passed, as well as of thine, O Arjuna! I know them all but thou knowest not, O Parantapa!
4.7 यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir
Word meanings
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
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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For, whenever there is a decay of righteousness and the rise of unrighteousness, then, O descendant of Bharata, I send forth that which the Self is unimportant.
Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!
Whenever there is a decline of Dharma, O Arjuna, and uprising of Adharma, then I incarnate Myself.
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, whenever there is a decline one virtue and increase of vice, then do I manifest Myself.
Whenever there is a decline of righteousness, O Arjuna, and rise of unrighteousness, then I manifest Myself!
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.6 अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्। प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया
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Word meanings
ajaḥ—unborn;api—although;san—being so;avyaya ātmā—Imperishable nature;bhūtānām—of (all) beings;īśhvaraḥ—the Lord;api—although;san—being;prakṛitim—nature;svām—of myself;adhiṣhṭhāya—situated;sambhavāmi—I manifest;ātma-māyayā—by my Yogmaya power
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Though I am unborn and changeless Self, though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, presiding over My own nature, I take birth by My own trick of illusion.
have no beginning. Though I am imperishable, as well as Lord of all that exists, yet by My own will and power do I manifest Myself.
Though I am birthless and of immutable nature, though I am the Lord of all beings, yet by employing My own Nature (Prakrti) I am born out of My own free will.
Though I am birthless, undecaying by nature, and the Lord of beings, (still) by subjugating My Prakriti, I take birth by means of My own Maya.
Though I am unborn and of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, ruling over My own Nature, I am born by My own Maya.
