Original Sanskrit

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥ ४-८॥

Transliteration

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge 4-8

English Translation

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

Word-by-Word Meaning

paritrāṇāya = for the deliverance; sādhūnāṃ = of the devotees; vināśāya = for the annihilation; ca = and; duṣkṛtāṃ = of the miscreants; dharma = principles of religion; saṃsthāpanārthāya = to reestablish; sambhavāmi = I do appear; yuge = millennium; yuge = after millennium.;

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Summary

The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

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