Speaker: Arjuna
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः
समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति ।
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा
विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ॥२८॥
yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo 'mbu-vegāḥ
samudram evābhimukhā dravanti
tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā
viśanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti
Word for word (synonyms)
- yathā
- as
- nadīnām
- of the rivers
- bahavaḥ
- many
- ambu-vegāḥ
- waves of the waters
- samudram
- ocean
- eva
- certainly
- abhimukhāḥ
- towards
- dravanti
- gliding
- tathā
- similarly
- tava
- Your
- amī
- all those
- nara-lokavīrāḥ
- the kings of human society
- viśanti
- entering
- vaktrāṇi
- into the mouths
- abhivijvalanti
- blazing
Translation
As the rivers flow into the sea, so all these great warriors enter Your blazing mouths and perish.
What this verse teaches
Warriors entering Viśva-rūpa’s mouth
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.