Krsna says that He comes, He descends, with two purposes: paritranaya sadhunam (BG 4.8), to give relief to the pious, to the righteous, and to vanquish the miscreants, and to establish the real religious principle

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"Kṛṣṇa says that He comes, He descends, with two purposes: paritrāṇāya sādhūnām" |"to give relief to the pious, to the righteous; and to vanquish the miscreants, and to establish the real religious principle"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

They will go on making plan-making; it will be frustrated. Again plan-making, again frustrated, again frustrated. So this process is going on because they do not know that their self-interest is that Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says that He comes, He descends, with two purposes: paritrāṇāya sādhūnām (BG 4.8), to give relief to the pious, to the righteous; and to vanquish the miscreants, and to establish the real religious principle.

680614 - Lecture BG 04.08 - Montreal

Why māyā is taking away? Āsuri bhāvam āśritāḥ. Because they have taken this principle, to deny God. That's it. Only for this reason, for this fault only, the māyā is acting so severely. Māyā will never allow such person to understand the real thing. They will go on making plan-making; it will be frustrated. Again plan-making, again frustrated, again frustrated.

So this process is going on because they do not know that their self-interest is that Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says that He comes, He descends, with two purposes: paritrāṇāya sādhūnām (BG 4.8), to give relief to the pious, to the righteous; and to vanquish the miscreants, and to establish the real religious principle.

And what is that real religious principle? That is stated in the last instruction: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). This is real religion, to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That's all.