Chapter 4 Overview
Verse 4.8
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 8
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: the stated purpose of this recurring intervention is to protect the good, destroy the wicked, and firmly establish righteousness, a clear, almost blunt mission statement.
In life: sometimes protecting something good requires actively opposing what threatens it, not just passively hoping goodness wins on its own.
Teaching: if you care about protecting something, whether a value, a person, or a community, be willing to actively defend it, not just quietly hope it survives.
paritrāṇāyato protect
sādhūnāmthe righteous
vināśhāyato annihilate
chaand
duṣhkṛitāmthe wicked
dharmathe eternal religion
sansthāpana-arthāyato reestablish
sambhavāmiI appear
yuge yugeage after age
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
4.8 परित्राणाय for the protection? साधूनाम् of the good? विनाशाय for the destruction? च and? दुष्कृताम् of the wicked? धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय for the establishment of righteousness? संभवामि (I) am born? युगे युगे in every age.Commentary Sadhunam The good who lead a life of righteousness? who utiles their bodies in the service of humanity? who are free from selfishness? lust and greed? and who devote their lives to divine contemplation.Dushkritam Evildoers who lead a life of unrighteousness? who break the laws of the society? who are vain and are dishonest and greedy? who injure others? who take possession of the property of others by force? and who commit atrocious crimes of various sorts.