yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmy aham
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he bhārata (O descendant of Bhārata!),
yadā yadā hi (indeed always when) dharmasya (of dharma)
glāniḥ (decrease) bhavati (it is),
adharmasya [
ca]
(and of adharma) abhyutthānam (rise) [
bhavati]
(it is),
tadā (then) aham (I) ātmānam ([my] self) sṛjāmi (I manifest).
| yadā yadā |
– |
av. – when, when (correlative of: tadā – at that time, then; distributive use); |
| hi |
– |
av. – because, just, indeed, surely; |
| dharmasya |
– |
dharma 6n.1 m. – of the law, of dharma (from: √dhṛ – to hold); |
| glāniḥ |
– |
glāni 1n.1 f. – exhaustion, fatique, dicrease, sickness (from: √glai – to feel dislike, to be exhausted, to faint); |
| bhavati |
– |
√bhū (to be) Praes. P 1v.1 – there is; |
| bhārata |
– |
bhārata 8n.1 m. – O descendant of Bhārata; |
| abhyutthānam |
– |
abhi-utthāna 1n.1 n. – rise, gain, elevation (from: abhi-ut-√sthā – to rise); |
| adharmasya |
– |
a-dharma 6n.1 m. – of the lawlessness, of adharma (from: √dhṛ – to hold); |
| tadā |
– |
av. – at that time, then; |
| ātmānam |
– |
ātman 2n.1 m. – self; |
| sṛjāmi |
– |
√sṛj (to let go, to emit) Praes. P 3v.1 – I let go, I emit, I create; |
| aham |
– |
asmat sn. 1n.1 – I; |
tadātmānaṃ → tadātmāṃśaṃ (then [my] own part);
tac ca janma kadā kim-arthaṃ ca ? ity ucyate —
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir hānir varṇāśramādi-lakṣaṇasya prāṇinām abhyudaya-niḥśreyasa-sādhanasya bhavati | bhārata ! abhyutthānam udbhavo’dharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmy ahaṃ māyayā
janmakālam āha
na kālaniyamo ‚smatsaṃbhavasya / yadā yadā hi dharmasya vedoditasya cāturvarṇyacāturāśramyavyavasthayāvasthitasya kartavyayasya glānir bhavati, yadā yadā ca tadviparyayasyādharmasyābhyutthānam tadāham eva svasaṅkalpenoktaprakāreṇātmānaṃ sṛjāmi
kadā sambhavasīty apekṣāyām āha yadā yadeti | glānir hāniḥ | abhyutthānam ādhikyam
evaṃ sac-cid-ānanda-ghanasya tava kadā kim-arthaṃ vā dehivad vyavahāra iti tatrocyate yadā yadeti | dharmasya veda-vihitasya prāṇinām abhyudaya-niḥśreyasa-sādhanasya pravṛtti-nivṛtti-lakṣaṇasya varṇāśrama-tad-ācāra-vyaṅgyasya yadā yadā glānir hānir bhavati he bhārata bharata-vaṃśodbhavatvena bhā jñānaṃ tatra ratatvena vā tvaṃ na dharma-hāniṃ soḍhuṃ śaknoṣīti sambodhanārthaḥ | evaṃ yadā yadābhyutthānam udbhavo ‚dharmasya veda-niṣiddhasya nānā-vidha-duḥkha-sādhanasya dharma-virodhinas tadā tadātmānaṃ dehaṃ sṛjāmi nitya-siddham eva sṛṣṭam iva darśayāmi māyayā
kadā sambhavāmīty apekṣāyām āha yadeti | dharmasya glānir hānir adharmasyābhyutthānaṃ vṛddhis te dve soḍhum aśaknuvan tayor vaiparītyaṃ kartum iti bhāvaḥ | ātmānaṃ dehaṃ sṛjāmi nity siddham eva taṃ sṛṣṭam iva darśayāmi māyayā iti śrī-madhusūdana-sarasvatī-pādāḥ
atha sambhava-kālam āha yadeti | dharmasya vedoktasya glānir vināśaḥ adharmasya tad-viruddhasyābhyutthānam abhuyudayas tadāham ātmānaṃ sṛjāmi prakaṭayāmi | na tu nirmame tasya pūrva-siddhatvād iti nāsti mat-sambhava-kāla-niyamaḥ
