एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः । स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ॥ ४-२॥

evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ । sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa ॥ 4-2॥

एवं = evam, thus, so.; 

परम्परा = parampara (f. nom. sg.), succession, one to another.; 

प्राप्त = praptam (acc. sg. p. pass. participle prayap), received, obtained, attained.; 

इमं = imam (m. acc. sg.), this.; 

राजर्षयो = rajarsayas (m. nom. pI. raja *sayas), royal J:sis, royal seers.; 

विदुः = vidus (3rd sg. perfect act. *vid), they knew.; 

स = sas (m. nom. sg.), it, this.; 

कालेनेह = kalena (m. inst. sg.), by time, in time, with time.; 

इह = iha, here, here on earth.; 

महता = mahata (m. inst. sg.), long, great, extended.; 

योगो = yogas (m. nom. sg.), Yoga.; 

नष्टः = nastas(m. nom. sg. p. pass. participle *nas), lost, destroyed.; 

परन्तप = paramtapa (m. voc. sg.), Scorcher of the Foe, epithet of Arjuna and other warriors.