Verset 11.32

कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो

लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः ।

ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे

येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ॥

11.32

Translittération

kālo'smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho

lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ |

ṛte'pi tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarve

ye'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

The Blessed Lord said I am the full-grown world-destroying Time, now engaged in destroying the worlds. Even without thee, none of the warriors arrayed in the hostile armies shall live.

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Mot à mot

time
I am
destroyer of worlds
grown mighty

the worlds
to destroy
here
set forth

without
even
you
not
will survive
all

who
arrayed
in the opposing ranks
warriors

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Krishna answers in one of the most famous lines of the Gita: I am time (kāla), grown vast, the destroyer of worlds, engaged here in withdrawing all peoples. Time is the force that brings everything to an end, and it is already at work on the battlefield. Then comes the point aimed directly at Arjuna: even without his action, the warriors facing him will not live. His refusal to fight would not save them. The verse reframes his dilemma. The outcome he dreads is not in his hands; what remains in his hands is how he acts within it.