Chapter 4, Verse 2
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः। स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।
evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ। sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa।।4.2।।
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- एवम्
- thus
- परम्परा-प्राप्तम्
- received through succession (handed down)
- इमम्
- this (yoga)
- राजर्षयः
- royal sages
- विदुः
- knew
- सः
- that (yoga)
- कालेन
- by time
- इह
- here (in this world)
- महता
- great, long
- योगः
- yoga (this discipline)
- नष्टः
- lost, destroyed
- परन्तप
- O scorcher of foes (Arjuna)
Commentary
This, handed down thus in succession, the King-sages learnt, This Yoga, by long lapse of time, has been lost here, O harasser of foes.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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एवम्
परम्परा-प्राप्तम्
इमम्
राजर्षयः
विदुः
सः
कालेन
इह
महता
योगः
नष्टः
परन्तप
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