Shloka 8

ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga

Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint

Devanagari script

परित्राणाय साधूनां: विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्‌ः । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे,साधु पुरुषोंका उद्धार करनेके लिये, पाप-कर्म करनेवालोंका विनाश करनेके लिये और धर्मकी अच्छी तरहसे स्थापना करनेके लिये* मैं युग-युगमें प्रकट हुआ करता हूँ

Transliteration

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām | dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge ||

Translation

نیکوں کی حفاظت کے لیے، بدکرداروں کے ہلاک کرنے کے لیے، اور دھرم کی مضبوط بنیاد قائم کرنے کے لیے میں ہر یُگ میں ظاہر ہوتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• परित्राणाय: for the protection/deliverance
• परित्राणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परित्राण
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• साधूनाम्: of the good (people)
• साधूनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विनाशाय: for the destruction
• विनाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दुष्कृताम्: of the evil-doers / wrongdoers
• दुष्कृताम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय: for the purpose of establishing dharma
• धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मसंस्थापनार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सम्भवामि: I arise / I come into being (incarnate)
• सम्भवामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युगे: in (each) age
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युगे: in (every) age
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• sādhūḥ (the righteous)
• duṣkṛtaḥ (wrongdoers)
• dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that divine manifestation has an ethical purpose: safeguarding the virtuous, curbing destructive wrongdoing, and restoring dharma when it declines—reaffirming moral order as a recurring necessity across ages.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Kurukṣetra context, a divine speaker explains the reason for appearing in the world: intervention is not arbitrary but aimed at protecting the righteous community, ending oppressive wrongdoing, and re-establishing dharma whenever it is threatened.