SYNONYMS:

evam–thus; parampara–disciplic succession; praptam–received; imam–this science; raja-rsayah–the saintly kings; viduh–understood; sah–that knowledge; kalena–in the course of time; iha–in this world; mahata–by great; yogah–the science of one’s relationship with the Supreme; nastah–scattered; parantapa–O Arjuna, subduer of the enemies.

TRANSLATION:

This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost.