4.6 अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्। प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया
aj
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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.
4.8 परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām | dharma
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paritrāṇāya—to protect;sādhūnām—the righteous;vināśhāya—to annihilate;cha—and;duṣhkṛitām—the wicked;dharma—the eternal religion;sansthāpana-arthāya—to reestablish;sambhavāmi—I appear;yuge yuge—age after age
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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For the protection of the good people, and for the destruction of evildoers, and for the purpose of firmly establishing righteousness, I take birth in every age.
To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age.
For the protection of the good and also for the destruction of the wicked, for the establishment of Dharma, am I born from age to age.
For the protection of the pious, the destruction of the evil-doers, and establishing virtue, I manifest Myself in every age.
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age.
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.7 यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्
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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!
