TEXT 32

Devanagari

श्रीभगवानुवाच
कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो
लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: ।
‍ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे
येऽवस्थिता: प्रत्यनीकेषु योधा: ॥ ३२ ॥

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Tekst

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
kālo ’smi loka-kṣaya-kṛt pravṛddho
lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ
ṛte ’pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣyanti sarve
ye ’vasthitāḥ praty-anīkeṣu yodhāḥ

Synonyms

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Personality of Godhead said; kālaḥ — time; asmi — I am; loka — of the worlds; kṣaya-kṛt — the destroyer; pravṛddhaḥ — great; lokān — all people; samāhartum — in destroying; iha — in this world; pravṛttaḥ — engaged; ṛte — without, except for; api — even; tvām — you; na — never; bhaviṣyanti — will be; sarve — all; ye — who; avasthitāḥ — situated; prati-anīkeṣu — on the opposite sides; yodhāḥ — the soldiers.

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Guddommens Personlighed sagde; kālaḥ — tiden; asmi — Jeg er; loka — af verdenerne; kṣaya-kṛt — udsletter; pravṛddhaḥ — den store; lokān — alle folk; samāhartum — at udslette; iha — i denne verden; pravṛttaḥ — beskæftiget med; ṛte — uden, med undtagelse af; api — selv; tvām — dig; na — aldrig; bhaviṣyanti — de vil være (dvsleve); sarve — alle; ye — de, som; avasthitāḥ — er opstillet; prati-anīkeṣu — på de modsatte fronter; yodhāḥ — soldaterne.

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 [the Pāṇḍavas], all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain.

Guddommens Højeste Personlighed sagde: Jeg er tiden, alle verdeners store udsletter, og Jeg er kommet for at tilintetgøre alle mennesker. Med undtagelse af jer [Pāṇḍavaerne] vil alle soldaterne her på begge sider blive dræbt.

Purport

Although Arjuna knew that Kṛṣṇa was his friend and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was puzzled by the various forms exhibited by Kṛṣṇa. 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 brāhmaṇas. As stated in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad (1.2.25),

FORKLARING: Selv om Arjuna godt var klar over, at Kṛṣṇa var hans ven såvel som Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, var han ikke desto mindre forbløffet over alle de former, Kṛṣṇa fremviste. Han forhørte sig derfor videre om det virkelige formål med denne altødelæggende kraft. Der står i Vedaerne, at den Højeste Sandhed udsletter alt, selv brāhmaṇaerne. Som der står i Kaṭha Upaniṣad (1.2.25):

yasya brahma ca kṣatraṁ ca
ubhe bhavata odanaḥ
mṛtyur yasyopasecanaṁ
ka itthā veda yatra saḥ

Eventually all the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and everyone else are devoured like a meal by the Supreme. This form of the Supreme Lord is the all-devouring giant, and here Kṛṣṇa presents Himself in that form of all-devouring time. Except for a few Pāṇḍavas, 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.

Alle brāhmaṇaerne, kṣatriyaerne og alle andre bliver til sidst fortæret som et andet måltid af den Højeste. Denne form af den Højeste Herre er den altfortærende gigant, og her viser Kṛṣṇa Sig i den form som den altfortærende tid. Bortset fra nogle få Pāṇḍavaer ville alle på slagmarken blive fortæret af Ham.

Arjuna gik ikke ind for krigen, og han mente, at det var bedre ikke at gå i kamp for ikke at gå et nederlag i møde. Som svar bemærkede Herren, at selv hvis Arjuna ikke gik i krig, ville hver eneste af dem alligevel blive udslettet, for det var Hans plan. Hvis Arjuna afstod fra at kæmpe, ville de dø på anden vis. Deres død var uundgåelig, selv om han ikke kæmpede. I virkeligheden var de allerede døde. Tid er ødelæggelse, og ifølge den Højeste Herres vilje skal alle manifestationer udslettes. Det er naturens lov.