Constantly changing myself, I take birth in various wombs. O best of men, for upholding that son of mine, with the help of men now existing in or departed from the world. Indeed, I do this for protecting Virtue and for establishing it.
तत्राहं वर्तमानैश्च निवृत्तैश्चैव मानवैः॥ बह्वीः संसरमाणो वै योनीर्वामि सत्तम। धर्मसंरक्षणार्थाय धर्मसंस्थापनाय च॥