From the theophany of chapter 11. Robert Oppenheimer's famous 'I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds' is a paraphrase of this verse; the Sanskrit word is kala, time, which several translators render as death because time is what destroys. Swarupananda keeps Time, which is the more literal choice.
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TextI am the mighty world-destroying Time, here made manifest for the purpose of infolding the world. Even without thee, none of the warriors arrayed in the hostile armies shall live. 1 Reference Scheme Connections
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Source Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentarySwami Swarupananda
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1. Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentary
Swami Swarupananda, Advaita Ashrama / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1909Bhagavad Gita 11:32View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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