एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः ।स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ॥
evaṃ paramparāprāptam imaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ |sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa ||
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- परम्पराप्राप्तम् · paramparāprāptam
- received through succession
- इमम् · imam
- this
- राजर्षयः · rājarṣayaḥ
- the royal sages
- विदुः · viduḥ
- knew
- सः · saḥ
- that
- कालेन · kālena
- by time
- इह · iha
- here
- महता · mahatā
- by long, great
- योगः · yogaḥ
- the yoga
- नष्टः · naṣṭaḥ
- lost, destroyed
- परन्तप · parantapa
- O scorcher of foes (Arjuna)
“Thus received through succession, the royal sages knew this. That yoga, after long time here, was lost, O scorcher of foes.”
— Original plain-language translation
Traditions decay: even royal wisdom fades with time's erosion. The loss explains why the teaching must be spoken again — revelation is periodic repair. Arjuna stands at one of history's renewal-points.
— Reader's notes (original)