Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
Verse 8
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 8
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
Transliteration (IAST)
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
Translation
For the protection of the good and the destruction of the wicked, for the establishment of Dharma, I am born from age to age.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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