Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata, abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham
Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase in unrighteousness, O Arjuna, at that time I manifest myself on earth.
- •Divine intervention restores balance
- •Righteousness is cyclically renewed
- •Hope in times of darkness
Paritranaya sadhunam vinashaya cha dushkritam, dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge
To protect the righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to reestablish the principles of dharma, I appear millennium after millennium.
- •Divine protection for the righteous
- •Evil is eventually destroyed
- •Dharma is cyclically restored
Paritranaya sadhunam vinashaya cha dushkritam, dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge
To protect the righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to reestablish the principles of dharma, I appear millennium after millennium.
- •Divine protection for the righteous
- •Evil is eventually destroyed
- •Dharma is cyclically restored