Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 4.2

एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदु: स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्ट: परन्तप

evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣhayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣhṭaḥ parantapa

Recitation · Text 4.2
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Received this way, in unbroken succession (paramparā), the saintly kings understood it — but over a long stretch of time, Krishna says, that yoga was lost in this world. The tradition is described as something that can genuinely break, not something automatically preserved.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:A living tradition is described as something that can actually be lost — not something automatically preserved by age alone.