Bhagavad Gita 4.7

Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate myself.

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata|
abhyutthānamadharmasya tadā''tmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham||

English translation (above): Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain. Sanskrit text via github.com/gita/gita (Unlicense).

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