J Robert Oppenheimer- I am become Death the destroyer of worlds

The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16 1945 in the Trinity test in New Mexico Oppenheimer later remarked that it brought to mind words from the Bhagavad Gita: Now I am become Death the destroyer of worlds. A few people laughed a few people cried most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says Now I am become Death the destroyer of worlds.,

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