कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः | ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ||३२||
kālo 'smi loka-kṣhaya-kṛit pravṛiddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛittaḥ ṛite 'pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣhyanti sarve ye 'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣhu yodhāḥ
我是时间（Kāla），是世间强大的毁灭者，我在此处是为了毁灭所有众生。即使没有你的参与，所有列阵于敌对军队中的战士们都将不复存在。
I am Time, the mighty destroyer of the world, here to annihilate all people. Even without your participation, all the warriors standing arrayed in the opposing armies shall cease to exist.
克里希那（Krishna）在此揭示自己即是卡拉（Kāla）——时间本身，是终极的毁灭者。这节诗歌，也曾被奥本海默引用，传达了一个毁灭性的信息：结局早已注定。“ṛite 'pi tvāṁ”——即使没有你。阿周那（Arjuna）的选择并非这些战士是否会死去，而是他是否履行自己在宇宙秩序中的角色。
Krishna reveals himself as Kāla — Time itself, the ultimate destroyer. This verse, also quoted by Oppenheimer, carries a devastating message: the outcome is already decided. "Ṛite 'pi tvāṁ" — even without you. Arjuna's choice is not whether these warriors die, but whether he fulfills his role in the cosmic order.