Ādi 3.22

TEXT 22

TEXT

যদা যদা হি ধর্মস্য গ্লানির্ভবতি ভারত ।
অভ্যুত্থানমধর্মস্য তদাত্মানং সৃজাম্যহম্‌ ॥ ২২ ॥

yada yada hi dharmasya

glanir bhavati bharata

abhyutthanam adharmasya

tadatmanam srjamy aham

SYNONYMS

yada yada-whenever; hi-certainly; dharmasya-of religious principles; glanih-decrease; bhavati-there is; bharata-O descendant of Bharata; abhyutthanam-increase; adharmasya-of irreligion; tada-then; atmanam-Myself; srjami-manifest; aham-I.

TRANSLATION

"'Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion-at that time I descend Myself.

[Adi 3.22-1957]

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