B.G 11.32
The Auspicious Lord said:
I am Time, the destroyer of worlds, complete in all aspects and engaged here in universal order, destroying the worlds. All these warriors arrayed in the opposing ranks shall cease to exist, with few exceptions.
Gīta Bhāshya 11.32
The word 'kāla' denotes the Lord, who is of the nature of binding, cutting off, and giver of knowledge. The word 'pravṛddhaḥ' is meant to convey complete in all aspects, or beginningless. His divine form neither shrinks nor increases.
The word 'Kāla', i.e. time, denotes all divine attributes of the universe such as binding, cutting, knowledge, etc. (that happens with passage of time).
"Time binds", "Time cuts off", "Time gives knowledge", and also "Time fulfils desires".
-thus they recite.
And that word (kāla) is well-known as a reference to the Lord.
“O Indra, surely, bound by the noose of time, you boast. This dark being takes away the creatures of the world. Having bound me, the fierce one stands like a beast with a rope.”
- thus speaks Bali, bound by Viṣṇu, in Mokṣa-dharma.
“Holding the mind in Viṣṇu, the supreme Lord, in the form of time.”
- stated thus in the Bhāgavata.
The word 'pravṛddhaḥ' is meant to convey complete in all aspects, or beginningless.
“From that arose both order and truth.”
- thus indeed is the Vedic testimonial.
"This great being is infinite."
- stated thus as well.
"This Viṣṇu is stronger in power — indeed, force is the name of this ancient one."
- stated thus as well.
Thus (the word 'pravṛddhaḥ'), does not indicate an increase in size:
"He was not born, will not die, and does not increase in size."
- stated thus indeed in the Bhāgavata.
"His divine form neither shrinks nor increases."
- stated thus in Mokṣa-dharma.
The phrase “even without movement” indicates not even by movement (His form increases or shrinks); What to speak of natural growth? (Even natural growth is not there, as natural growth is possible only through movement.)
He is specifically engaged here to destroy the worlds. The word 'api' implies excluding brothers and others. Being on opposing sides means mutual confrontation. None shall remain. The plural is justified by the divisions such as akṣauhiṇīs.
