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Bhagavad Gita 4.8

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām. dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya saṃbhavāmi yuge yuge.4.8.

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परित्राणाय
for the protection/deliverance
साधूनाम्
of the righteous/virtuous people
विनाशाय
for the destruction
च
and
दुष्कृताम्
of the wicked/evildoers
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय
for the sake of establishing righteousness/dharma
संभवामि
I come into being / manifest
युगे युगे
in age after age

Commentary

8, For the protection of the good, for the destruction of evil-doers, for the firm establishment of religion, I am born in every age.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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परित्राणाय
साधूनाम्
विनाशाय
च
दुष्कृताम्
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय
संभवामि
युगे युगे

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