Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 2

एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः । स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप

evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ | sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa

Translation

This, handed down thus in succession, the King-sages learnt. This Yoga, by long lapse of time, has been lost here, O harasser of foes.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

evam

thus

paramparāprāptam

by succession, obtained

imam

this

rājarṣayaḥ

the king-sages

viduḥ

know

saḥ

this

kālena

by time

iha

here

mahatā

(by) great

yogaḥ

yoga

naṣṭaḥ

destroyed

parantapa

O Parantapa

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

This Yoga, thus handed down in regular succession among the kṣatriyas, the king-sages — men who were at once kings and sages — learnt. The tradition of this Yoga has now for a long time been broken here, O Arjuna.