Shloka 7
सम्बन्ध-- इस प्रकार भगवान्के मुखये उनके जन्मका तत्त्व युननेपर यह जिज्ञासा होती है कि आप किस-किस समय और किन-किन कारणोंसे इस प्रकार अवतार धारण करते हैं। इसपर भगवान् दो शलोकोंमें अपने अवतारके अवसर, हेतु और उद्देश्य बतलाते हैं-- यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत । अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदा55त्मानं सृजाम्यहम्,हे भारत! जब-जब धर्मकी हानि और अधर्मकी वृद्धि होती है,” तब-तब ही मैं अपने रूपको रचता हूँ अर्थात् साकाररूपसे लोगोंके सम्मुख प्रकट होता हूँ
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata | abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham ||
Whenever righteousness declines, O Bhārata, and unrighteousness rises in strength, then I bring forth Myself—manifesting in a tangible form before the world. The verse frames divine intervention not as arbitrary miracle, but as a moral response to systemic collapse: when ethical order falters and injustice becomes dominant, the Divine appears to restore balance and protect the conditions in which dharma can be lived.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Divine manifests whenever moral order (dharma) weakens and injustice (adharma) becomes dominant. The purpose is ethical restoration—re-establishing conditions where righteousness can survive and flourish.
In the Gītā discourse within Bhīṣma Parva, the Lord explains to Arjuna the principle behind divine descents: they occur in response to historical moments of moral crisis, when dharma declines and adharma rises.