Chapter 11 · The Universal Form

अर्जुनArjuna speaks

Text 11.29

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 11.29
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As moths rush into a blazing fire to their destruction, so these worlds rush into Your mouths to their own destruction. The second simile removes even the dignity of the first — now they are insects, and they are hurrying.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The second simile removes even the dignity of the first — and they hurry.