Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4/Verse 2

एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः ।
स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ॥४-२॥

evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ ।
sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa ॥4-2॥

Thus, the lineage was accomplished the royal seers knew this. After a long time yoga was destroyed in this world, Scorcher of Foes.


Word-for-word translations

evam (adverb) (indeclinable) = thus

paramparā (feminine, nominative, singular) = lineage 

prāptam (past passive participle, accusative, singular) = was accomplished  

imam (masculine, accusative, singular) = this

rājarṣayas (masculine, nominative, plural) = royal seers 

vidus (past tense, 3rd person, plural) = they knew 

sas (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) =  it 

kālena (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with time

iha (adverb) (indeclinable) = in this world

mahatā (adjective) (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with long 

yogas (masculine, nominative, singular) = yoga

naṣṭas (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = destroyed 

parantapa (masculine, vocative, singular) = Scorcher of the Foe (epithet of Arjuna)