# Bhagavad Gita 4.8

**Canonical reference:** `gita.4.8`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥

## IAST

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

I am born age after age, for the protection of the good, for the destruction of evil-doers, and the establishment of piety.

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