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Bhagavad Gita 4.8

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
paritrāṇāyaparitrāṇāyato protect
sādhūnāmsādhūnāmthe righteous
vināśhāyavināśhāyato annihilate
chachaand
duṣhkṛitāmduṣhkṛitāmthe wicked
dharmadharmathe eternal religion
sansthāpana-arthāyasansthāpana-arthāyato reestablish
sambhavāmisambhavāmiI appear
yuge yugeyuge yugeage after age

For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age.

साधु पुरुषों के रक्षण,  दुष्कृत्य करने वालों के नाश,  तथा धर्म संस्थापना के लिये,  मैं प्रत्येक युग में प्रगट होता हूँ।।