Krishna's timeless promise — "Whenever dharma declines, I manifest myself." A scholar-grounded look at one of the most quoted shlokas of the Bhagavad Gita.
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmyaham
"Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and a rise of unrighteousness, O Bharata, then I manifest myself."
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