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Bhagavad Gītā 4.8

BG 4.8

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked, and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

paritrāṇāya—to protect; sādhūnām—the righteous; vināśhāya—to annihilate; cha—and; duṣhkṛitām—the wicked; dharma—the eternal religion; sansthāpana-arthāya—to reestablish; sambhavāmi—I appear; yuge yuge—age after age

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 4.8, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/4.8), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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Dataset: Unlicense (public domain dedication). Translations: see per-translation licence.

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