Speaker: Arjuna
दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि
दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि ।
दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥२५॥
daṁṣṭrā-karālāni ca te mukhāni
dṛṣṭvaiva kālānala-sannibhāni
diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma
prasīda deveśa jagan-nivāsa
Word for word (synonyms)
- daṁṣṭrā
- teeth
- karālāni
- like that
- ca
- also
- te
- Your
- mukhāni
- faces
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- eva
- thus
- kālānala
- the fire of death
- sannibhāni
- as if blazing
- diśaḥ
- directions
- na jāne
- do not know
- na labhe
- nor obtain
- ca śarma
- and grace
- prasīda
- be pleased
- deveśa
- O Lord of all lords
- jagat-nivāsa
- refuge of the worlds
Translation
O Lord of lords, O refuge of the worlds, please be gracious to me. I cannot keep my balance seeing thus Your blazing deathlike faces and awful teeth. In all directions I am bewildered.
What this verse teaches
Arjuna’s description of Kālā-rūpa, the form of time – no origin, middle or end, spread everywhere with unlimited strength as the demigods offered prayers. Arjuna becomes fearful.
- Themes
- The Five Topics
In thematic compilations 1
- Arjuna describes the kāla-rupa of Kṛṣṇa (11.19-25)
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.