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Lord Krishna states in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Text 32, "Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people." [1]

The True Meaning of the Quote

"I am Time": The original Sanskrit word used is Kāla, which translates to time or eternal time rather than a literal personification of death. [1, 2]

The Universal Form (Vishwarupa): Lord Krishna reveals his majestic, cosmic form to Prince Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra to show that the wheel of time consumes all things. [1, 2]

Fulfilling Duty (Dharma): Krishna explains that the opposing warriors are already doomed by the passage of time; Arjuna is merely called upon to be an instrument of divine order. [1]

The Oppenheimer Connection

J. Robert Oppenheimer famously recalled this verse after witnessing the Trinity test of the first atomic bomb in 1945.

He translated it in his mind as, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds," capturing the overwhelming and irreversible force unleashed by science. [1, 2]

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