# Cc. Ādi 3.23 ## Text > paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ > vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām > dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya > sambhavāmi yuge yuge ## Synonyms *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; *yugeyuge*—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 Kṛṣṇa in the *Bhagavad-gītā* (4.7-8). Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from the *Bhagavad-gītā* (3.24, 21).