Vers 4.8

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥

4.8

Transliteratie

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām |

dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge ||

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Vertaling

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

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Woord voor woord

for the protection
of the good
for the destruction
and
of evildoers

to establish dharma
I appear
age
after age

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Uitleg

Krishna states the threefold purpose of his coming: to protect the sādhus, the good and upright, to destroy those who do harm, and to set dharma on a firm footing. He appears yuge yuge, age after age, whenever the need arises. Paired with the previous verse, this is the classical statement of the avatāra teaching. Some traditions emphasise the literal descents of the divine in history, while others also read it as the arising of the divine within the heart. Both see it as a promise that goodness is never abandoned.