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Re: Origin of well-known quote?
Shrisha Rao wrote:
>
> In article <4duep2$gim@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
> Matt Stanley <ms018c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu> wrote:
> >Hello all-
> >
> > I'm looking for the source of a fairly well known quote that is
> >usually attributed to "Ancient Hindu Scripture":
> >
> > "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?
>
> Oppenheimer was misquoting the Bhagavad Gita, Chapter XI, verse 32:
>
> "kaalo'smi loka-kshaya-krt-pravrddho, lokaan samaahartum-iha-pravrttaH."
>
> Specifically, "become" is wrong; should be "am." Krishna did not say he
> had "become" anything, because that would mean a change in His nature,
> which is unchanging.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shrisha Rao
>
Its amazing how people can jump up and claim misinterpretations
when it suits them, but sit quietly when it apposes their views.
Misinterpretation : Aryan = Race. But then again who cares....
Savio savio@cs.man.ac.uk
