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BG 4.2 — 4.2 This, handed down thus in regular succession, the royal sages knew. This Yoga, by long lapse of time, has been lost here, O Parantapa (burner of the fo | Live Gita
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एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः |
स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ||४-२||

evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ . sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa ||4-2||


।।4.2।। इस प्रकार परम्परा से प्राप्त हुये इस योग को राजर्षियों ने जाना, (परन्तु) हे परन्तप ! वह योग बहुत काल (के अन्तराल) से यहाँ (इस लोक में) नष्टप्राय हो गया।।

Word-by-word meanings

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.

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।4.2।।इस प्रकार क्षत्रियोंकी परम्परासे प्राप्त हुए इस योगको राजर्षियोंने जो कि राजा और ऋषि दोनों थे जाना। हे परंतप ( अब ) वह योग इस मनुष्यलोकमें बहुत कालसे नष्ट हो गया है। अर्थात् उसकी सम्प्रदायपरम्परा टूट गयी है। अपने विपक्षियोंको पर कहते हैं उन्हें जो शौर्यरूप तेजकी किरणोंके द्वारा सूर्यके समान तपता है वह पपातप यानी शत्रुओंको तपानेवाला कहा जाता है।

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Swami Gambirananda

4.2 The king-sages knew this (yoga) which was received thus in regular succession. That Yoga, O destroyer of foes, in now lost owing to a long lapse of time.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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