In the context of the Bhagavad Gita the quote given by Oppenheimer is actually pretty accurate if you look up the relevant passage in Sanskrit and consider poss

In the context of the Bhagavad Gita the quote given by Oppenheimer is actually pretty accurate if you look up the relevant passage in Sanskrit and consider possible translations: Chapter 11, Verse 30-33 [0]. A quick summary of the context in the Bhagavad Gita: Ajurna, an aristocratic (Pandava Prince) warrior highly skilled in archery - right before engaging in a battle of two armies (two groups of cousins: Kauravas and Pandavas) for the succession of the throne - upon seeing all his close kin arranged in two opposing parties all with their unique skills and feats ready to kill and be killed - the warrior prince falls into a deep emotional turmoil. He begins to talk to his charioteer Krishnu who reveals himself to be an avatar of the deity Vishnu. This dialogue evolves into a whole contemplation in which a part of the upanishadic cosmic view gets revealed to Arjuna/the reader; somewhat akin in style to the secular western form of Plato's dialogue (in this case the Socratic method is led by "reason" or "logos" not a sophisticated mythology like an avatar of a specific deity). The dharma in the specific case of Ajurna, is to fulfill his caste duty of Kshatriya [1]. Or from the lens of quantum mechanics and modern history the bomb in some way or another was inevitable. Its fine-tuned parameters (1) put in the Big Bang, the idea (2) conceived by Szilard [2] and the Anglo-American military apparatus (3) rather than merely convinced in its superiority putting the actual resources/technology into the ultimate pragmatic use [3][4] (first mover & cost/risk-reward ratio). [0]https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/11/verse/30 https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/11/verse/30 [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshatriya https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshatriya [2]https://www.newscientist.com/definition/invention-nuclear-bomb/ https://www.newscientist.com/definition/invention-nuclear-bo... [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nuclear_weapons_program#Comparison_to_the_Manhattan_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nuclear_weapons_program... [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg#Membership_in_the_Uranverein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg#Membership_i...