Text 32 J1
The Universal Form
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great one amongst the demigods;  prasīda —be gracious;  vijñātum —just to know;  icchāmi —I wish;  bhavantam —You;  ādyam —the original;  na —never;  hi —certainly;  praiānāmi —do I know;  tava —Your;  pravrttim —mission.
TRANSLATION
O Lord of lords, so fierce of form, please tell me who You are. I offer my obeisances unto You; please be gracious to me. I do not know what Your mission is, and I desire to hear of it.
TEXT 322
श्रीभगवानुवाच  ॥३॥
कालोऽसि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो
लोकान्समाहतीभिह्न प्रवृत्तः।।
क्रोतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे
ये वास्तिकाः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ॥३२॥
ຮ່າງ ບໍ່ກາງ   (  ບໍ່ກາງ ບໍ່ກາງ  ) ແມ່ນ ແຕ່ງດ້ານ ແມ່ນ ແຕ່ງດ້ານ ແມ່ນ ແຕ່ງດ້ານ
Կենտրոնան կարող է բացառիկ առաջացել այլ առաջացքում և այլ առաջացքում կարող է բացառիկ առաջացել այլ առաջացքում կարող է բացառիկ առաջացել այլ առ
lokān  samāhartum iha pravrttah
r te'pi tvām na bhaviṣyanti sarve
ye'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ
śrī bhagavān uvāca —the Personality of Godhead said;  kālaḥ —time;  asmi —I am;  loka —the worlds;  kṣaya-kṛt —destroyer;  pravṛddhaḥ —to engage;  lokān —all people;  samāhartum —to destroy;  iha —in this world;  pravṛttaḥ —to engage;  ṛte api —without even;  tvām —you;  na —never;  bhaviṣyanti —will be;  sarve —all;  ye —who;  avasthitāḥ —situated;  pratyanīkeṣu —on the opposite side;  yodhāḥ —the soldiers.
TRANSLATION
The Blessed Lord said: Time I am, destroyer of the worlds, and I have come to engage all people. With the exception of you [the Pāṇḍavas], all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain.
PURPORT
Although Arjuna knew that Kṛṣṇa was his friend and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was nonetheless puzzled by the various forms