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एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः। स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।

evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣhayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣhṭaḥ parantapa

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 2
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
This, handed down in regular succession by the royal sages, was known. This Yoga, however, has been lost here over time, O Parantapa (burner of the foes).

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: this yoga passed down through a chain of teachers over time, but the chain broke and the knowledge appeared lost, describing how even good teachings decay without active transmission.

In life: skills, values, and practices genuinely disappear across a generation or two if no one actively keeps teaching them.

Teaching: identify one thing you know that's worth passing on, and actually teach it to someone, don't assume it survives on its own.

evamthus
paramparāin a continuous tradition
prāptamreceived
imamthis (science)
rāja-ṛiṣhayaḥthe saintly kings
viduḥunderstood
saḥthat
kālenawith the long passage of time
ihain this world
mahatāgreat
yogaḥthe science of Yog
naṣhṭaḥlost
parantapaArjun, the scorcher of foes

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
4.2 एवम् thus? परम्पराप्राप्तम् handed down in regular succession? इमम् this? राजर्षयः the royal sages? विदुः knew? सः this? कालेन by lapse of time? इह here? महता by long? योगः Yoga? नष्टः destroyed? परन्तप O Parantapa.Commentary The royal sages Men who were kings and at the same time sages also? learnt this Yoga.Arjuna could burn or harass his foes? like the sun? by the heat of his valour and power. Hence the name Parantapa.