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
我是時間，是強大的世界毀滅者，在此為了毀滅所有眾生。即使沒有你的參與，所有列陣於敵對軍隊中的戰士們都將不復存在。
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.
克里希那揭示自己即是「迦羅」（Kāla）——時間本身，終極的毀滅者。這節經文，亦為奧本海默所引用，傳達了一個毀滅性的訊息：結局早已註定。「Ṛite 'pi tvāṁ」意即「即使沒有你」。阿周那的選擇並非這些戰士是否會死去，而是他是否會履行其在宇宙秩序中的職責。
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.