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CC Ādi 3.23

Bengali

পরিত্রাণায় সাধূনাং বিনাশায় চ দুষ্কৃতাম্‌ ।
ধর্মসংস্থাপনার্থায় সম্ভবামি যুগে যুগে ॥ ২৩ ॥

Text

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge

Synonyms

paritrāṇāya — for the deliverance; sādhūnām — of the devotees; vināśāya — for the destruction; ca — and; duṣkṛtām — of the miscreants; dharma — religious principles; saṁsthāpana-arthāya — for the purpose of establishing; sambhavāmi — I appear; yuge yuge — in every age.

Translation

“ ‘To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.’

Purport

texts 22 and 23 were spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad- gītā (4.7-8). texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also to be found in the Bhagavad-gītā (3.24, 21).