Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 498

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is -Shri Shrimad A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Chapter 11: Verse-32

sri-bhagavän uväca
kälo ’smi loka-ksaya-krt pravrddho lokän samähartum iha pravrttah
rte ’pi tväm na bhavisyanti sarve ye ’vasthitäh pratyanikesu yodhäh[1]

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. With the exception of you[2], all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain.

PURPORT

Although Arjuna knew that krsna was his friend and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was puzzled by the various forms exhibited by Krsna. Therefore he asked further about the actual mission of this devastating force. It is written in the Vedas that the Supreme Truth destroys everything, even the brähmanas. As stated in the[3]

yasya brahma ca ksatram ca ubhe bhavata odanah
mrtyur yasyopasecanam ka itthä veda yatra sah

Eventually all the brähmanas, ksatriyas and everyone else are devoured like a meal by the Supreme. This form of the Supreme Lord is the all-devouring giant, and here krsna presents Himself in that form of all-devouring time. Except for a few Pandavas, everyone who was present on that battlefield would be devoured by Him. Arjuna was not in favor of the fight, and he thought it was better not to fight; then there would be no frustration. In reply, the Lord is saying that even if he did not fight, every one of them would be destroyed, for that was His plan. If Arjuna stopped fighting, they would die in another way. Death could not be checked, even if he did not fight. In fact, they were already dead. Time is destruction, and all manifestations are to be vanquished by the desire of the Supreme Lord. That is the law of nature.



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References

  1. ↑ sri-bhagavän uväca=the Personality of Godhead said; kälah=time; asmi=I
    am; loka=of the worlds; ksaya-krt=the destroyer; pra varddah=great; lokän=all people; samähartum=in destroying; iha=in this world;
    pravrttah=engaged; rte=without, except for; api=even; tväm—you; na=never; bhavisyanti=will be; sarve=all; ye=who; avasthitäh=situated;
    prati-anikesu=on the opposite sides; yodhäh=the soldiers.
  2. ↑ the Pandavas
  3. ↑ Katha Upanisad 1.2.25

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