अथ ते कालरूपस्य क्षपयिष्णोरमुष्य वै । अक्षौहिणीनां निधनं द्रक्ष्याम्यर्जुनसारथे: ॥ २१ ॥
atha te kāla-rūpasya kṣapayiṣṇor amuṣya vai akṣauhiṇīnāṁ nidhanaṁ drakṣyāmy arjuna-sāratheḥ
- atha
- then
- te
- by You
- kāla-rūpasya
- who are assuming the form of time
- kṣapayiṣṇoḥ
- who is intending to effect the destruction
- amuṣya
- of (the burden of) this world
- vai
- indeed
- akṣauhiṇīnām
- of entire armies
- nidhanam
- the destruction
- drakṣyāmi
- I will see
- arjuna sāratheḥ
- by the chariot driver of Arjuna
Subsequently I will see You appear as time personified, serving as Arjuna’s chariot driver and destroying entire armies of soldiers to rid the earth of her burden.