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Re: Origin of well-known quote?
Sam Sanders (sns@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: 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.
Dear Friends:
This is correct. I just want to add that the description is by Sanjaya.
with best regards,
Dhruba.
P.S. There is a Webpage, titled something like "Becoming death" that has
a quicktime video of him making the statement. I am sorry, I am not too
specific here.
