Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 4.7
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata
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“Whenever righteousness declines…”
मूल Original
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
Sanskrit, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
Whenever righteousness declines…
A thought about justice.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Vyasa (Bhagavad Gita 4.7)
Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on a battlefield — on duty, action and the self.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
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