BG 4.8
For the protection of the good, the destruction of the wicked, and the establishment of righteous action, I am born from age to age.
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे
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paritrāṇāya — to protect
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sādhūnāṁ — the righteous
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vināśhāya — to annihilate
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cha — and
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duṣhkṛitām — the wicked
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dharma-sansthāpanārthāya — to establish righteousness
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dharma — righteousness, morality
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sansthāpana — establish, fixed
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arthāya — purpose, motive
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sambhavāmi — I appear
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yuge — age
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yuge — age
Krishna replied: Many of my births have passed, as well as many of yours. I know all of them, but you do not know any of yours, Arjuna. Although I am unborn and imperishable, and the Lord of all beings, I manifest myself in this world by illusion. Whenever there is a decline in righteousness, and an increase in immorality, I manifest myself. For the protection of the good, the destruction of the wicked, and the establishment of righteous action, I am born from age to age.
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