Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 32
श्रीभगवानुवाच । कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः । ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः
śrībhagavānuvāca | kālo'smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ | ṛte'pi tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarve ye'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ
Translation
I am the mighty world-destroying Time, now engaged in destroying the worlds. Even without thee, none of the warriors arrayed in hostile armies shall live.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- kālaḥ
- time
- asmi
- (I) am
- lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddhaḥ
- of the worlds, destruction, makes, thus, vast
- lokān
- the worlds
- samāhartum
- to annihilate
- iha
- here
- pravṛttaḥ
- shall be
- ṛte
- without
- api
- also
- tvām
- thee
- na
- not
- bhaviṣyanti
- shall be
- sarve
- all
- ye
- these
- avasthitāḥ
- arranged
- pratyanīkeṣu
- in the rival-armies
- yodhāḥ
- warriors
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Warriors: Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Karṇa and others.