Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4/Verse 7

Chapter 4/Verse 7

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata ।
abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham ॥4-7॥

Indeed, Descendant of Bharata, whenever decay of duty exists [and] non-duty rises up, then I create self.


Word-for-word translations 

yadā yadā (adverb) (indeclinable) = whenever

hi (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed

dharmasya (masculine, genitive, singular) = of duty

glānis (feminine, nominative,singular) = decay

bhavati (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it exists

bhārata = Descendant of Bharata (epithet of Arjuna) 

abhyutthānam (neuter, accusative, singular) = rises up

adharmasya (masculine, genitive, singular) = of non-duty

tadā (adverb) (indeclinable) = then 

ātmānaṃ (masculine, accusative, singular) = self

sṛjāmi (present tense, 1st person, singular) = I create 

aham (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular) = I