Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
Verse 2
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 2
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः। स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।
Transliteration (IAST)
evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣhayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣhṭaḥ parantapa
Translation
Thus handed down in succession, the royal sages knew this (Karma Yoga). But with a long lapse of time, O Arjuna, that Yoga was lost to the world.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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