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एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः।

स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

4.2 एवम् thus, परम्पराप्राप्तम् handed down in regular succession, इमम् this, राजर्षयः the royal sages, विदुः knew, सः this, कालेन by lapse of time, इह here, महता by long, योगः Yoga, नष्टः destroyed, परन्तप O Parantapa.

Commentary:
The royal sages Men who were kings and at the same time sages also, learnt this Yoga.Arjuna could burn or harass his foes, like the sun, by the heat of his valour and power. Hence the name Parantapa.

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।4.2।। एवं क्षत्रियपरम्पराप्राप्तम् इमं राजर्षयः राजानश्च ते ऋषयश्च राजर्षयः विदुः इमं योगम्। स योगः कालेन इह महता दीर्घेण नष्टः विच्छिन्नसंप्रदायः संवृत्तः। हे परंतप आत्मनः विपक्षभूताः परा इति उच्यन्ते तान् शौर्यतेजोगभस्तिभिः भानुरिव तापयतीति परंतपः शत्रुतापन इत्यर्थः।।दुर्बलानजितेन्द्रियान् प्राप्य नष्टं योगमिममुपलभ्य लोकं च अपुरुषार्थसंबन्धिनम्

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

4.2 This, 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).

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

4.2 Rajarsayah, the king-sages, those who were kings and sages (at the same time); viduh, knew; imam, this Yoga; which was evam parampara-praptam, received thus through a regular succession of Ksatriyas. Sah, that; yogah, Yoga; nastah, is lost, has go its traditional line snapped; iha, now; mahata kalena, owing to a long lapse of time. parantapa, O destroyer of foes. By para are meant those against oneself. He who, like the sun, 'scorches' (tapayati) them by the 'rays' of the 'heat' of his prowess is parantapa, i.e. scorcher of antagonists. Noticing that the Yoga has got lost by reaching people who are weak and have no control of their organs, and that the world has become associated with goals that do not lead to Liberation,