Chapter 11 · The Universal Form

अर्जुनArjuna speaks

Text 11.28

यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगा: समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगा: तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका- स्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगा:

yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥ samudram evābhimukhā dravanti tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā viśhanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā viśhanti nāśhāya samṛiddha-vegāḥ tathaiva nāśhāya viśhanti lokās tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛiddha-vegāḥ

Recitation · Text 11.28
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (30 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

As the many torrents of rivers race toward the ocean, so these heroes of the world of men enter Your blazing mouths. The simile is calm and physical, and that is what makes it unbearable — this is simply what rivers do.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The simile is calm and physical — this is simply what rivers do.