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Re: Origin of well-known quote?
In article <4duep2$gim@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Matt Stanley <ms018c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu> wrote:
> "I have become Death, destroyer of worlds"
>
> Robert Oppenheimer allegedly said this at the Trinity test of teh
>atomic bomb. I've also seen it start with " I am become Death..."
> Does anyone know the origin of this passage?
Bhagavad Gita, chapter 10, verse 34:
>From http://www.prabhupada.com/~btg/gita/bg_ch10.html:
(the entire chapter is about 100K, so be prepared for a long download)
-------- start quote ---------
TEXT 34
mrtyuh sarva-haras caham
udbhavas ca bhavisyatam
kirtih srir vak ca narinam
smrtir medha dhrtih ksama
WORD FOR WORD
mrtyuh--death; sarva-harah--all-devouring; ca--also; aham--I am;
udbhavah--generation; ca--also; bhavisyatam--of future manifestations;
kirtih--fame; srih--opulence or beauty; vak--fine speech; ca--also;
narinam--of women; smrtih--memory; medha--intelligence;
dhrtih--firmness; ksama--patience.
TRANSLATION
I am all-devouring death, and I am the generating principle of all
that is yet to be. Among women I am fame, fortune, fine speech,
memory, intelligence, steadfastness and patience.
------------- end quote --------
translation copyright BBT. used with permission.
-Vivek
P.S. The start page for the Bhagavad Gita at that site is
http://www.prabhupada.com/~btg/gita/welcome.html
