Learn·Chapter 4 · Knowledge, action and renunciation·Verse 7 of 42
Bhagavad Gītā 4.7, word by word
BG 4.7
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham
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In English
Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate myself.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and an increase of unrighteousness, O Arjuna, then I manifest Myself.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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