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THE GREATNESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
great destruction of men and brothers, I will forbear," Srikrishna after convincing his intellect of error, proceeded by that marvellous vision described in the eleventh canto of the Gita to stamp the truth of things upon his imagination. Thus run the mighty stanzas: कादोऽसि खोकलयात प्रहरीकाम सहामिह प्रछत्तः । prinsfa cat sa facufarer To Asafyat; s tay ther: # तमात् त्वमत्तिष्ठ यो बमख नित्वा पवन मुकत राजा
समाम्। मय वेते निहताः पूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्र भव मबसाचिन् ।
"I am Time who waste and destroy the people; lo, I have arisen in my might, I am here to swallow up the nations. Even without thee all they shall not be, the men of war who stand arrayed in the opposing squadrons. Therefore do thou arise and get thee great glory, conquer thy foes and enjoy a great and wealthy empire. For these, they were slain even before and it is I who have slain them; be the occasion only, 0 Savyasachin.” It is not as the slow process of Time
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