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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 2 (4.2) means: Handed down this way from one sage-king to the next, it was known. But over the long stretch of time, this practice was lost, Arjuna.
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः। स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।
evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣhayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣhṭaḥ parantapa
Handed down this way from one sage-king to the next, it was known. But over the long stretch of time, this practice was lost, Arjuna.
इसी तरह एक ऋषि-राजा से दूसरे तक चलता हुआ यह जाना जाता रहा। पर समय के लंबे प्रवाह में यह ज्ञान लुप्त हो गया, अर्जुन।
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It is verse 2 of Chapter 4 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 42 verses in total.
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