What is that Bhagavad Gita verse when Krishna says...?

Question

that He comes to incarnate whenever there is a need to restore righteousness. I can't remember the chapter and verse. Anybody know it?

girly: I do know where to find the Gita online, but it will take me hours to read the entire thing to find the exact verse. If I could have a couple of keywords of how the verse went, then I could google it specifically, but I don't remember most of the words.

Answer 1

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥
yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham

"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."

paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskritam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge

"To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium."

Answer 2

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The translation you quoted is from Gita - As it is by Prabhupada and as usual there is a mistake in the translation. 'Papa-Yonayah' does not mean 'lower births', it means 'sinful wombs'. That combination with striyo is a derogatory word used to describe prostitutes or women with sinful wombs. So the line reads 'ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo, vaiśyās tathā śūdrās ' meaning 'though they be women with sinful wombs, vaisyas and shudras'. There is no contradiction between the verse 4.13 and 9.32. Such confusion arises when there is a wrong translation. All those who have read the Prabhupada version would have thought for a moment, but then continued since they are not supposed to question the Guru in that cult, even if he has blundered. Prabhupada generalises women, vaishyas and shudras as lower births. That i think is a big mistake to commit for someone of that stature. I wonder how the bald Iskcon robots are mechanically chanting this version without getting the text corrected. Such mistakes cause great shame to scriptures of knowledge and philosophy and to Hindu religion since these cults quote books of Hinduism for survival.

Answer 3

"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."
Bhagavad Gita As It Is 4.7

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Answer 4

Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya Lyrics

Answer 5

Magnolia Flora has given the verse, meaning etc., as per Gita. To that I add below these-

It is in Chapter 4 verse 7 - see the weblink at -http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-04-07.html

Sanskrit:

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥

yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham

Transliteration:

"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."

Commentary by Ramanujacharya-Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya:

No fixed time schedule has been mandated for Lord Krishna to manifest Himself in His avatar forms or authorised incarnations but he declares beginning with yada yada which means that: whenever or wherever dharma or righteousness as ordained by the Vedic scriptures under varnasrama or the four stages and position in Vedic culture become degraded and unrighteousness increases and becomes dominant at that time Lord Krishna or any of His authorised incarnations descends and becomes manifest. It should be noted that all the names of His avatars or incarnations are recorded in the Bhagavat Purana and othe Vedic scriptures with additional details so that it can be proven when His divine incarnation has manifested.-

Answer 6

The verse in Devanagari script—
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥

The verse in Roman script—
Yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata
Abhythanamadharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham

Paritranaya sadhunang vinashay cha dushkritam
Dharmasangsthapanarthay sambhabami yuge yuge.

Swami Vivekananda's commentaries We read in the historical backdrop of the world about prophets and their lives, and these boil down to us through hundreds of years of compositions and workings by their devotees. Through a huge number of years of etching and demonstrating, the lives of the incredible prophets of yore come down to us; but then, as I would see it, not one stands so high in brightness as that life which I saw with my own particular eyes, under whose shadow I have existed, at whose feet I have learnt everything —the life of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Ay, companions, every one of you know the commended saying of the Gitâ:
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Answer 7

Birth that represents Varna/Guna or Gender, is due to one's past karma . Brahmins (supposed to be completely satvika, though not recently!) Kshatriya(sattiva+rajas/power), Vaishya(rajas+tamas), sudras(tamas). So, these poeple should focus on their selves to maintain or evolve without accruing present karma! Second verse classifies this birth due to karma/non-sAtvika (papa-yonih). Women of all varnas, cannot chant vedas nor do prescribed duties of Brahmin men like learning/teaching vedas, doing Gayathri Japam (which requires one wearing sacred-thread bare chested and with clear etiquette and perform sandhya all three times a day) , doing agni-hotram etc. So, does Sudras and Women are not qualified , due to their emotional and physical restrictions of birth/Nature, which is what Krishna refers to pApa-yOnih. This is prescribed in the Vedas and Gita/Krishna cannot refute Vedas. Vaishyas are also included, may be because they are interested in information(vishaya, thus vaishya), cannot focus on philosopical debates/inquiry, thus of rajas+tamas nature. Thus, these three category of people are more suitable for Karma Yoga. Brahmin men and saintly kings/ksathriyas can focus on gnana yoga(+karma). Kshatriya being upholders of Dharma, are qualified for sAttvika nature/tenets. But Bhakti should be the easy and final resort for all humans, irrespective of one's nature. Brahmins/saintly kings(Janaka, Rama, Viswamitra etc.) were in Krishna's mind in verse 9:33. But Even if those of higher births cannot develop devotion to the Lord, their Jnana and Eligibility (due to their nature) will become meaningless too. But all irrespective of Varna or Gender, those completely surrender and get involved in the spiritual and devotional kainkaryam(Service) to the Lord (within the tenets of dharma) are eligible for Moksham/Liberation. Refer the next verses 9:33/34

Answer 8

Chapter 4: Text 7...!!!

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Mongolia is right