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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 7 (4.7) means: Whenever what is right declines and what is wrong rises up, Arjuna, then I bring myself into being.
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham
Whenever what is right declines and what is wrong rises up, Arjuna, then I bring myself into being.
अर्जुन, जब-जब धर्म का ह्रास होता है और अधर्म बढ़ता है, तब-तब मैं स्वयं को प्रकट करता हूँ।
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It is verse 7 of Chapter 4 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 42 verses in total.
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