एतदर्थोऽवतारोऽयं भूभारहरणाय मे । संरक्षणाय साधूनां कृतोऽन्येषां वधाय च ॥ ९ ॥
etad-artho ’vatāro ’yaṁ bhū-bhāra-haraṇāya me saṁrakṣaṇāya sādhūnāṁ kṛto ’nyeṣāṁ vadhāya ca
- etat
- for this
- arthaḥ
- purpose
- avatāraḥ
- descent
- ayam
- this
- bhū
- of the earth
- bhāra
- the burden
- haraṇāya
- for removing
- me
- by Me
- saṁrakṣaṇāya
- for the complete protection
- sādhūnām
- of the saintly
- kṛtaḥ
- done
- anyeṣām
- of others (the nonsaintly)
- vadhāya
- for killing
- ca
- and
This is the purpose of My present incarnation — to relieve the earth of its burden, protect the pious and kill the impious.