User:Vibhijain/Jnana-Karma-Sanyasa Yoga: Shloka 7

The seventh śloka of the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Jnana-Karma-Sanyasa Yoga, is one of the most well-known verses of the scripture. In this Krishna tells Arjuna that he takes an avatar when there is a decline in dharma and a rise of adharma.

The text, according to A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, reads:

Meaning
According to the Prabhupada's Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is, the shloka says that the lord descends himself when there is a fall in religious practices and a predominance of irreligion. He describes adharma as a "discrepancy in the matter of properly executing the rules of the vedas", since they list the principles of dharma. Prabhupada lays extra emphasis on the word srjami, and says that this word means that "the Lord manifests himself as he is".