Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.50.9

etad-artho 'vatāro 'yaḿ

bhū-bhāra-haraṇāya me

saḿrakṣaṇāya sādhūnāḿ

kṛto 'nyeṣāḿ vadhāya ca

SYNONYMS

etat — for this; arthaḥ — purpose; avatāraḥ — descent; ayam — this; bhū — of the earth; bhāra — the burden; haraṇāya — for removing; me — by Me; saḿrakṣaṇāya — for the complete protection; sādhūnām — of the saintly; kṛtaḥ — done; anyeṣām — of others (the nonsaintly); vadhāya — for killing; ca — and.

TRANSLATION

This is the purpose of My present incarnation — to relieve the earth of its burden, protect the pious and kill the impious.

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