Shloka 53
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
Sanskrit
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति जैमिने ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजत्यसौ ॥
Transliteration
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati jaimine | abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjaty asau ||
Translation
いかなる時であれ、ああジャイミニよ、ダルマが衰えアダルマが興起するとき、その主は自らを顕現（投影）する。
Speakers
Mārkaṇḍeya to Jaimini
Primary Deities
Īśvara / Bhagavān (unspecified Lord as the agent of manifestation)
Key ThemesDharmaAdharmaDivine manifestation (avatāra / self-projection)Cosmic moral orderProtection of the world