### CC Adi 3.23

> পরিত্রাণায় সাধূনাং বিনাশায় চ দুষ্কৃতাম্ ।\
> ধর্মসংস্থাপনার্থায় সম্ভবামি যুগে যুগে ॥২৩॥

> paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ\
> vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām\
> dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya\
> sambhavāmi yuge yuge

*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; *yugeyuge*—in every age.

**“ 'To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.'**

Texts 22 and 23 were spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa in *Bhagavad-gītā* (4.7-8). Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from *Bhagavad-gītā* (3.24, 21).