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 ||
“此瑜伽由传承相续而来，王者圣贤亦如是得知；然经久远岁月于此世间——噢，敌之焚者——此道几近失传。”
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.