परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् | धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ||४-८||
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām . dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge ||4-8||
- paritrāṇāya
- for the deliverance
- sādhūnām
- of the devotees
- vināśāya
- for the annihilation
- ca
- and
- duṣkṛtām
- of the miscreants
- dharma
- principles of religion
- saṁsthāpana-arthāya
- to reestablish
- sambhavāmi
- I do appear
- yuge
- millennium
- yuge
- after millennium
To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.