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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 3.22",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 3.22",
  "label":"Text 22",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 3.22",
  "description":"\" 'Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion-at that time I descend Myself."

} —

Cc. Ādi 3.22

Text

yadā yadā hi dharmasya
glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya
tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham

Synonyms

yadā yadā—whenever; hi—certainly; dharmasya—of religious principles; glāniḥ—decrease; bhavati—there is; bhārata—O descendant of Bharata; abhyutthānam—increase; adharmasya—of irreligion; tadā—then; ātmānam—Myself; sṛjāmi—manifest; aham—I.

Translation

“ 'Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion-at that time I descend Myself.