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Re: Origin of well-known quote?
Hello :
The verse remembered by Robert Oppenheimer was the
shloka
divi surya sahasrasya bhaved yugapadutthitha
... ( i forget the 2nd line )
The meaning is
" if there were a thousand suns all risen togethar..
their brightness could not match that of the Bhagwan "
This shloka describes the Vishwarupa
This shloka occured to Oppenheimer as he watched the
first atomic explosion.
satish. s
In <4e1607$lm5@babbage.ece.uc.edu> badari@cs.tamu.edu (Badarinath
Devalla) writes:
>
>In article <4duep2$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?
>>
>> Matt Stanley
>> ms018c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
>
> Howdy !
>
> Its from Bhagavad Gita - Sri Krishna utters these words.
> sorry, dunno which chapter.
>
> l8r
> badari
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