Cc Ādi 3.23
Text
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge
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 from the Bhagavad-gītā (3.24, 21).