Chapter 4, Verse 7
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata. abhyutthānamadharmasya tadā'''tmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham..4.7..
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- yadā yadā
- whenever (repeated for emphasis)
- hi
- indeed, certainly
- dharmasya
- of dharma / righteousness (genitive)
- glāniḥ
- decline, decay, deterioration
- bhavati
- comes to be, occurs
- bhārata
- O descendant of Bharata (vocative, addressing Arjuna)
- abhyutthānam
- rise, predominance, ascendancy
- adharmasya
- of unrighteousness, adharma (genitive)
- tadā
- then, at that time
- ātmānam
- myself (accusative, referring to the divine self)
- sṛjāmi
- I create, manifest, send forth
- aham
- I
Commentary
7. Whenever there is a decay of religion, O Bharata, and an ascendency of irreligion, then I manifest Myself.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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