Speaker: Arjuna
यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा
विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः ।
तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्-
तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥२९॥
yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā
viśanti nāśāya samṛddha-vegāḥ
tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokās
tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddha-vegāḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- yathā
- as
- pradīptam
- blazing
- jvalanam
- fire
- pataṅgāḥ
- moths
- viśanti
- enters
- nāśāya
- destruction
- samṛddha
- full
- vegāḥ
- speed
- tathā eva
- similarly
- nāśāya
- for destruction
- viśanti
- entering
- lokāḥ
- all people
- tava
- unto You
- api
- also
- vaktrāṇi
- in the mouths
- samṛddha-vegāḥ
- with full speed
Translation
I see all people rushing with full speed into Your mouths as moths dash into a blazing fire.
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.