08-30-2016, 08:50 AM
The word used in the Gita is 'kaal', which means 'time', used mostly in the sense of 'fate' or 'futurity', as well as 'death' - not just human death, but the death of things in general (the universe, worlds, civilisations, etc.). The other word for time is 'Samay', which doesn't have the same connotations.
So 'death' or 'time' are both reasonably accurate translations. I think Oppenheimer's allusion was spot on at the time.
So 'death' or 'time' are both reasonably accurate translations. I think Oppenheimer's allusion was spot on at the time.
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe