Mantra
Devanagari:
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे
Transliteration:
Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya Glanirbhavati Bharata
Abhyutthanamadharmasya Tadatmanam Srijamyaham
Paritranaya Sadhunam Vinashaya Cha Dushkritam
Dharmasamsthapanarthaya Sambhavami Yuge Yuge
Translation:
Whenever there is a decline of righteousness, O Bharata,
And a rise of unrighteousness, then I manifest Myself;
For the protection of the virtuous and the removal of evil-doers,
And to re-establish Dharma, I appear age after age.