CC Adi 3.23
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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), (BG 3.21).