Bhagavad Gita · 11.32
॥
Devanāgarī
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो
लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः ।
ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे
येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca |
kālo 'smi loka-kṣaya-kṛt pravṛddho
lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ |
ṛte 'pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣyanti sarve
ye 'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
श्रीभगवान् उवाचśrī-bhagavān uvācaThe Blessed Lord said.
कालः अस्मिkālaḥ asmiI am Time.
लोकक्षयकृत्loka-kṣaya-kṛtthe maker (kṛt) of the destruction (kṣaya) of the worlds (loka).
प्रवृद्धःpravṛddhaḥin full might, mighty.
लोकान्lokānthe worlds, the people.
समाहर्तुम्samāhartumto annihilate, to consume.
इहihahere.
प्रवृत्तःpravṛttaḥI have come, I have set forth.
ऋते अपि त्वाम्ṛte api tvāmeven without you.
न भविष्यन्तिna bhaviṣyantithey will not survive, will not exist.
सर्वेsarveall.
ये अवस्थिताःye avasthitāḥthose who stand.
प्रत्यनीकेषुpratyanīkeṣuin the opposing armies.
योधाःyodhāḥthe warriors.
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: “I am Time, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to annihilate all these people. Apart from you [Pāṇḍavas], all the warriors standing in both armies shall not survive.”
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