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Bhagavad Gita 4.7: Whenever Dharma Declines, I Appear
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Whenever righteousness wanes and unrighteousness rises, the Divine takes form to restore balance. A verse of hope that the good is never abandoned.
“yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata”
Bhagavad Gita 4.7 · Chapter 4, Jnana-Karma-Sannyasa YogaWhenever righteousness fades and wrong arises, I take form and come, age after age.
Spoken by Krishna to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra (within the Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva), revealing that He takes form age after age, whenever righteousness fades.
What it means
Whenever righteousness fades and wrong arises, I take form and come, age after age.
Spoken by Krishna to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra (within the Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva), revealing that He takes form age after age, whenever righteousness fades.
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Whenever righteousness fades and wrong arises, I take form and come, age after age. (Bhagavad Gita 4.7 · Chapter 4, Jnana-Karma-Sannyasa Yoga.) Godify shows this verse verbatim from a verified corpus with its exact source, never a paraphrase passed off as the original.
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