CC Adi 3.23

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

CC Adi 3.22

CC Adi 3.24

His Divine Grace
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, 3.21).