The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of Ramanuja Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The Advent & acts of the Incarnation - 4-9
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 8
Paritranaya sadhunam vinashaya cha dushkritam I
Dharma samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge II sloka 8
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृतं ।
धर्म संस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे ।। श्लोक ८
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked and for the establishment of dharma, I am born age after age.
The good are those that follow the dharma, as defined above. They are the foremost among the vaishnavas, who have taken refuge in me. While my name, acts and form are inaccessible to speech and thought, these devotees cannot get support and sustenancefor themselves without perceiving me. They regard even a moment's time without me as a thousand kalpas. They become broken in every limb because of the separation from me. So I am born from age to age in the forms of Gods, men etc for protecting them by affording them the opportunity to behold my form and acts and to converse with me.
I am born also for the destruction of those who are opposed to such devotees and for the restoration of declining vedic dharma, which consists of my worship. The main purpose of incarnation is the revealing of his adorable form so that all may worship him. The destruction of the wicked is secondary only. There is no specific restriction of the yugas like Krita, Treta etc for the appearance of Divine Incarnations
The good are those that follow the dharma, as defined above. They are the foremost among the vaishnavas, who have taken refuge in me. While my name, acts and form are inaccessible to speech and thought, these devotees cannot get support and sustenancefor themselves without perceiving me. They regard even a moment's time without me as a thousand kalpas. They become broken in every limb because of the separation from me. So I am born from age to age in the forms of Gods, men etc for protecting them by affording them the opportunity to behold my form and acts and to converse with me.
I am born also for the destruction of those who are opposed to such devotees and for the restoration of declining vedic dharma, which consists of my worship. The main purpose of incarnation is the revealing of his adorable form so that all may worship him. The destruction of the wicked is secondary only. There is no specific restriction of the yugas like Krita, Treta etc for the appearance of Divine Incarnations
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