Chapter 4 • Verse 2
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः। स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप॥
evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣhayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣhṭaḥ parantapa
Meaning
This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it that way. But in course of time, O Arjuna, it was lost.
Wisdom degrades over time without proper transmission. Each generation must reconnect with the source. Krishna speaks to restore what was lost.
Strength Reflection
"I treasure sacred teachings, knowing they can be obscured without care."
Devotional Surrender
Lord, revive in me the wisdom that time and negligence have obscured.