CC Adi 3.23
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
TEXT 23
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 (BG 4.7-8). Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 3.24, 3.21).
