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| Ādi-līlā | Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 3.23
dharma-samsthāpanārthāya
SYNONYMS
paritrānāya — for the deliverance; sādhūnām — of the devotees; vināśāya — for the destruction; ca — and; dushkritām — of the miscreants; dharma — religious principles; samsthāpana-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 Krishna in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.7-8). Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from the Bhagavad-gītā (3.24, 3.21).
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness