Shloka 2
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदु: । स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्ट: परंतप,हे परंतप अर्जुन! इस प्रकार परम्परासे प्राप्त इस योगको राजर्षियोंने जाना; किंतु उसके बाद वह योग बहुत कालसे इस पृथ्वीलोकमें लुप्तप्राय हो गयाः
evaṁ paramparāprāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ | sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa ||
This Yoga was handed down through an unbroken lineage, and the royal sages came to know it in that way. But with the passage of a long time in this world, that discipline was lost—O scorcher of foes—so its guiding ethical clarity faded from common practice.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True Yoga is not a private invention but a dharmic discipline preserved through an authentic lineage; when that transmission breaks, the teaching becomes obscured, leading to ethical and spiritual confusion.
In the Kurukshetra setting, the speaker states that the Yoga being discussed was once known by royal sages through succession, but over long time it declined in the world—setting up the need for its renewed instruction in the present crisis.