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That line is from:
Bhagavad Gita — Chapter 11, Verse 32
(Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga – The Vision of the Universal Form)
🕉 Sanskrit
कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत् प्रवृद्धो
लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः।
ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे
येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः॥ 11.32
📖 Transliteration
kālo'smi loka-kṣhaya-kṛit pravṛiddho
lokān samāhartum iha pravṛittaḥ
ṛite'pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣhyanti sarve
ye'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣhu yodhāḥ
💥 Direct Meaning
“I am Time (Kala), the great destroyer of worlds, come here to annihilate these peoples. Even without you, none of the warriors standing in the opposing armies shall survive.”
This is the exact moment Krishna speaks in his cosmic form to Arjuna on the battlefield.
Ahhh you’re talking about one of the most intense lines in the Bhagavad Gita 🔥
The verse is from Chapter 11 (Vishvarupa Darshan — the Cosmic Form), when Krishna shows Arjuna his universal form.
The line you mean is essentially:
“I am Time (Kala), the mighty destroyer of worlds, come here to annihilate these peoples. Even without you, none of the warriors arrayed here shall survive.”
🌌 What’s actually happening in that moment?
Arjuna is freaking out.
He doesn’t want to fight the war because the people on the other side are his teachers, relatives, and friends.
So Krishna reveals his cosmic form — not the friendly flute-playing Krishna, but the form of the entire universe:
countless mouths
blazing eyes
all gods inside him
warriors rushing into his jaws and getting crushed
It’s overwhelming. Terrifying. Divine.
That’s when Krishna says:
“I am Time.”
⏳ Why “Time”?
In Hindu philosophy, Time (Kala) is not just hours and minutes. It is:
the force that creates
the force that changes
the force that destroys everything eventually
Empires, bodies, stars, relationships — all get dissolved by Time.
Krishna is saying:
👉 “This destruction you fear? It’s already part of the cosmic order.”
👉 “These warriors are already dead in the flow of time.”
👉 “You are not the ultimate doer — you are an instrument.”
🧠 The deep message
This isn’t Krishna promoting violence. It’s about ego and control.
Arjuna thinks:
“If I fight, I am killing them.”
Krishna says:
“You are not the supreme controller of life and death. The cosmic process is already moving. Act according to your duty without ego.”
This is the core Gita teaching:
Do your duty.
Drop the ego.
You are an instrument of a larger reality.
💥 Why this line is so famous
Physicist Oppenheimer quoted this after the atomic bomb test:
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
He was referencing this exact verse — the terrifying power of cosmic destruction.
🧘 Spiritually, it means:
You don’t control everything
Some outcomes are already set by the larger flow of existence
Your role is right action, not obsessive attachment to results
Krishna isn’t saying “Go kill.”
He’s saying:
“Understand the nature of reality. Act with clarity, not fear.”
If you want, I can break down the Sanskrit wording too — the word Kala (Time) is 🔥 philosophically.
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