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Transliteration
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
kālo ’smi loka-kṣhaya-kṛit pravṛiddho
lokān samāhartum iha pravṛittaḥ
ṛite ’pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣhyanti sarve
ye ’vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣhu yodhāḥ
Meaning
The Blessed Lord said, "I am the full-grown, world-destroying Time, now engaged in destroying the worlds. Even without you, none of the warriors arrayed in the hostile armies will live."
Word-by-word meaning
śhrī-bhagavānuvācha — the Supreme Lord saidkālaḥ — timeasmi — I amloka-kṣhaya-kṛit — the source of destruction of the worldspravṛiddhaḥ — mightylokān — the worldssamāhartum — annihilationiha — this worldpravṛittaḥ — participationṛite — withoutapi — eventvām — younabhaviṣhyanti — shall cease to existsarve — allye — whoavasthitāḥ — arrayedprati-anīkeṣhu — in the opposing armyyodhāḥ — the warriors
Commentary
Even without thee Even if thou? O Arjuna, wouldst not fight, these warriors are doomed to die under My dispensation. I am the alldestroying Time. I have already slain them. You have seen them dying. Therefore thy instrumentality is not of much importance. Such being the case, therefore, stand up and obtain fame.
What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Verse 32?▼
The Blessed Lord said, "I am the full-grown, world-destroying Time, now engaged in destroying the worlds. Even without you, none of the warriors arrayed in the hostile armies will live."
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?▼
This is verse 32 of Chapter 11 (Viśhwarūp Darśhan Yog — Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.