# Paritranaya Sadhunam (परित्राणाय साधूनाम्)

- URL: https://www.bhaktibaazar.com/shlok/paritranaya-sadhunam
- Type: Shloka
- Scripture: Bhagavad Gita 4.8
- Language: sa
- Source: Bhagavad Gita 4 Sanskrit checked against SanskritDocuments: https://www.sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/bhagvadnew.html ; meanings checked against IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite and Vedabase chapter 4: https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=4&field_nsutra_value=8&language=dv ; https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/

## Summary

Bhagavad Gita 4.8 teaches a devotional principle from Krishna’s dialogue with Arjuna.

## Verses

### Bhagavad Gita 4.8

> परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
> धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥

Meaning (Hindi): साधुओं की रक्षा, दुष्कर्म करने वालों के विनाश और धर्म की स्थापना के लिए मैं युग-युग में प्रकट होता हूँ।

Meaning (English): To protect the virtuous, end the actions of wrongdoers, and restore dharma, I appear age after age.