BG 4.7

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham

Word-for-word meanings

bhārata — O descendant of Bharata;  yadā yadā hi — whenever at all;  bhavati — there occurs;  glāniḥ — a decline;  dharmasya — of righteousness;  abhyutthānam — [and] an uprising;  adharmasya — of unrighteousness;  tadā — at that time;  aham — I;  sṛjāmi — manifest;  ātmānam — Myself.

Translation

O Bhārata, whenever at all there occurs a decline of righteousness (dharma) and an uprising of unrighteousness, at that time I manifest Myself.

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