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.

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