Chapter 4, Verse 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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