Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingयदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaO scion of the Bharata dynasty, whenever there is a decline in virtue and an increase in vice, then I manifest Myself.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
हे भारत ! जब-जब धर्म की हानि और अधर्म की वृद्धि होती है, तब-तब मैं स्वयं को प्रकट करता हूँ।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiयदा यदा हि धर्मस्य
ग्लानिर् भवति भारत
अभ्युत् थानम धर्मस्य
तदात् मानं सृजाम् यहम्
॥ ७ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthayadā yadāwhenever
hicertainly
dharmasyaof righteousness
glāniḥdecline
bhavatiis
bhārataArjun, descendant of Bharat
abhyutthānamincrease
adharmasyaof unrighteousness
tadāat that time
ātmānamself
sṛijāmimanifest
ahamI
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA4.7When, exactly, does the Lord embody himself?
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, whenever there is a decline in virtue and an increase in vice, then I manifest Myself.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.