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The Doctrine of Avatar
CHAPTER 14
THE CONCEPT OF AVATARS
yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham
paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskrtam
14. THE CONCEPT OF AVATARS
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I descend Myself.
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge
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