Have always wondered about this. This is such an enormously famous quote although the exact choice of words has always perplexed me. Initially figured it is an artifact of translation, but then, wouldn’t you translate it into the new language in a way that is grammatical? Or maybe there is some intention behind this weird phrasing that is just lost on me? I’m not a linguist so eli5
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Also in case of the ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’ quote, Death was personified into physical form by Vishnu in order to convince Arjuna to defend his people against friends turned enemies.
Grammatically it is correct
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