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The most famous verse of the Gita
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भव- ति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थान- मधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्- ॥४-७॥
Yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata
abhyuttanam adharmasya tadaatmanaam srujamyaham
परित्राणाय- साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्- ।
धर्मसंस्था- पनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥
Paritranaya sadhoonaam vinashayacha dushkritaam
dharma samsthapanarthaya sambhavaami yuge yuge
Whenever, O descendant of Bharata, there is decline of Dharma, and rise of Adharma, then I body Myself forth. For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of Dharma I come into being in every age.
~ Chapter 4, Verse 7, 8
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न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।
न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।
“It is not that I did not exist at any time, nor you, nor these rulers of men, and surely it is not that we all shall cease to exist after this.”
~ Chapter 2, Verse 12
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Questioner (Q): In chapter 4, verse 7, Shri Krishna says that he will come forth whenever righteousness is on the…