BG 4.8
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
Word-for-word meanings
sambhavāmi — I manifest; yuge yuge* — in every yuga or age; paritrāṇāya — for the protection; sādhūnām — of the virtuous; ca — and; vināśāya — for the eradication; duṣkṛtām — of the unvirtuous; saṁsthāpana-arthāya — [and] for the establishment; dharma — [of] dharma.
Translation
I manifest in every yuga** for the protection of the virtuous, the eradication of the unvirtuous, and the establishment of dharma.
Notes
* In Sanskrit, when a noun is repeated it signifies universal distribution of the noun in question, conveying the sense of “every.”
** In Vedic culture, time is cyclic and is broadly divided into four ages called yugas, namely, Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali.