Fisiones
El 16 de julio de 1945 se produjo en Alamogordo la primera explosión nuclear. Oppenheimer diría más tarde que recordó un verso del Bhagavad Gita:
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
La estrofa (shaloka: hoy he aprendido esa palabra) completa es:
The Blessed Lord said: Time I am, destroyer of the worlds, and I have come to engage all people. With the exception of you, all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain.
que en sánscrito es:
kālosmi lokakṣayakṛt pravṛddho
lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ
ṛtepi tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarve
yevasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ
Así, mis pensamientos viajan de un lado a otro, descontrolados, descentrados. Sólo un ancla podría impedir que se pierdan, lejos, lejos…
Pero hay un ancla, y no puedo perderme.
trups:
Hello Iwan Sir,
17 February 2005, 3:23 pmI happened to come across your blog and saw that it was in Spanish. I’m an Indian and dont understand Spanish at all, but this post of yours caught my eye. It mentions a verse in the Bhagvad Gita, a recital by Lord Krishna to his disciple Arjun. The recital happened at the battlefield of Kurukshetra (now in north India). I feel if, at least, most people on this planet follow the simple teachings of the Gita, life would be simpler and the world would be a much happier place.
Indigo:
esh verdad, te ha escrito una chica de la India, claro… las latinas hemos pasado de moda :p
18 February 2005, 2:39 am