Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya (Bhagavad Gita 4.7-8) — Complete Lyrics
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥
Yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata
Abhyutthanamadharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham
Whenever there is a decline of dharma (righteousness), O Bharata, and a rise of adharma (unrighteousness), then I manifest myself.
Verse 2
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥
Paritranaya sadhunam vinashaya cha dushkritam
Dharmasamsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of dharma, I am born in age after age.
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