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Bhagavad Gita 11.32 — Kalo'smi Loka-kshaya-krit — Complete Lyrics

श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता ११.३२ — कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्

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श्री भगवानुवाच कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः। ऋतेऽपि त्वां भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः॥
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha kālo ’smi loka-kṣhaya-kṛit pravṛiddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛittaḥ ṛite ’pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣhyanti sarve ye ’vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣhu yodhāḥ
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."

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