परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् |\nधर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ||४-८||
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām .\ndharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge ||4-8||
To protect the righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to reestablish the principles of dharma I appear on this earth, age after age.