Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]For the protection of the virtuous, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age.
BG 4.8
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām | dharma-saṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge ||
"For the protection of the good, destruction of wickedness, establishment of dharma — I come, age after age."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]For the salvation of the good, For the destruction of the evil, For the firm establishment of righteousness — I come in age after age.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the evil-doers, for the sake of establishing righteousness, I am born from age to age.