एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः । स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ॥ ४-२॥ evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa This knowledge, handed down thus in regular succession, the royal sages knew. This YOGA, by long lapse of time, has been lost here, O Parantapa (burner of the foes) . evaṃ = thus; paramparā = by disciplic succession; prāptaṃ = received; imaṃ = this science; rājarṣayaḥ = the saintly kings; viduḥ = understood; saḥ = that knowledge; kālena = in the course of time; iha = in this world; mahatā = great; yogaḥ = the science of one’s relationship with the Supreme; naṣṭaḥ = scattered; parantapa = O Arjuna, subduer of the enemies.;