Gita Verse 4.8

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4, Verse 8

Sanskrit Verse

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।

Transliteration

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām

dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

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

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 4