Bhagavad Gita
Jnana-karma-sannyasa-yoga (The Yoga of Divine Knowledge, Action and Renunciation)4.2
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Bhagavad Gita · 4.2
Devanāgarī

एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः ।
स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

evaṁ paramparāprāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ |
sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एवम्evamthus, in this way
परम्पराप्राप्तम्paramparā-prāptamreceived through the chain of disciplic succession
इमम्imamthis [science of yoga]
राजर्षयःrājarṣayaḥthe saintly kings (rāja-ṛṣis)
विदुःviduḥthey knew
सःsaḥit [this yoga]
कालेनkālenein the course of time
इहihahere, in this world
महताmahatāover a long [span of time]
योगःyogaḥyoga
नष्टःnaṣṭaḥwas lost, was destroyed
परन्तपparantapaO Parantapa! (conqueror of enemies)
Translation

“Thus, handed down through the chain of disciplic succession, this supreme science was known to the saintly kings. But in the course of long time, O conqueror of enemies, this yoga was lost in this world.”

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