Bhagavad Gita As It Is

References to text BG 4.8
BG 4.8: To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.

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Thus the Lord is equipped with sharp weapons in the form of His parts and plenary portions. All these weapons are competent enough to crush the faithless atheists.
The External Reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
CC 1.3.73
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal service in Lord Åšeá¹£a, and He invested the power to rule the earth in King Pá¹›thu. Lord ParaÅ›urÄma received the power to kill rogues and miscreants.
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Sanatana Gosvami in the Science of the Absolute Truth
CC 2.20.372
For two purposes — to spread the cult of bhakti and to defeat and subdue the atheists — Lord NityÄnanda, the most dedicated devotee of the Lord, moved throughout the country.
The Glories of Srila Haridasa Thakura
CC 3.3.149