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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
SYNONYMS
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;  yuge yuge —in every age.
TRANSLATION
“‘To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.’
PURPORT
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).
TEXT 24
উৎসীদেযুরিমে লোকা ন কুর্যাং কর্ম চেদহম্ ।
সব্বরত্ন চ কর্তা ত্যম্পহন্যামিমাঃ প্রজাঃ ॥ ২৪ ॥
utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāṁ karma ced aham saṅkarasya ca kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ
SYNONYMS
udsīdeyuḥ —would fall into ruin;  ime —these;  lokāḥ —worlds;  na kuryām —did not perform;  karma —action;  cet —if;  aham —I;  saṅkarasya —of unwanted population;  ca —and;  kartā —a creator;  syām —would become;  upahanyām —would spoil;  imāḥ —these;  prajāḥ —living entities.
TRANSLATION
“‘If I did not show the proper principles of religion, all these worlds would fall into ruin. I would be a cause of unwanted population and would spoil all these living beings.’
TEXT 25
যদ্যদাচরতি শ্রেষ্ঠস্তম্ভদেবেতরো জনঃ ।
স যং প্রমাণং কুরুতে লোকস্তম্ভবর্ততে ॥ ২৫ ॥