Quiz · 4.1–4.10
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1
In 4.8, what case is paritrāṇāya (परित्राणाय), vināśāya (विनाशाय), and arthāya (अर्थाय), and what question does that case answer?
Answer
Dative singular. It answers "for what." He comes to be for the protection of the good, for the ruin of those who do harm, and for the sake of making dharma stand. The ending --āya (आय) is the "for."
2
bhaktaḥ (भक्तः) stands in front of asi (असि) in 4.3. What is recited, and which sandhi makes it?
Answer
bhakto 'si (भक्तोऽसि). अः + अ aḥ + a becomes o (ओ), and the a (अ) of asi (असि) is dropped. The dropped a (अ) is the avagraha. It is not a sound.
3
Say 4.7 in one sentence.
Answer
Whenever dharma thins and adharma rises, Bhārata (भारत), then I send myself forth.
4
What is 4.1–4.10 doing in the talk between Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण)?
Answer
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) says the yoga is old: he declared it to Vivasvān (विवस्वान्), and it came down until a long time lost it. Arjuna asks how a later birth can have taught an earlier one. The answer is that he comes to be age after age, and the rule of 4.7–4.8 is the occasion and the purpose: whenever dharma thins, he sends himself forth. Who knows that birth and that work as divine comes to him.
5
Cover the English of 4.7–4.8. Which words show that the coming-forth is his, and that it is not once?
Answer
sṛjāmy aham (सृजाम्यहम्) and sambhavāmi yuge yuge (सम्भवामि युगे युगे). If yuge (युगे) is said only once, the coming-forth has been made a single age. Stay there.