Hindu text
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Now I am become Death: Destroyer of worlds.
I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds. (sic)
After witnessing the test explosion of an A. bomb it has been reported that Oppenheimer said 'I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds."
He reportedly quoted the Bhagavad Gita, specifically the line "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Now I am become Death: Destroyer of worlds.
I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds. (sic)
After witnessing the test explosion of an A. bomb it has been reported that Oppenheimer said 'I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds."
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Hindu text
"Now, I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." - J. Robert Oppenheimer Quoting the Bhagavad Gita
He reportedly quoted the Bhagavad Gita, specifically the line "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
J. Robert Oppenheimer was the scientist in charge of the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb in 1945. According to Oppenheimer, he saw the first bomb go off and remembered the text, "[Behold] I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."The quote is from the Hindu devotional poem, the Bhagavad Gita ("song of the blessed one" or "song of God"), circa 300 AD.(see related link)
A quotation of Lord Krishna in the Hindu Bhagavad Gita: "I am become death. The destroyer of worlds.".