BG 11.27
Bhagavad Gītā · Viśvarūpa Darśana Yogaवक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि | केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ||११-२७||
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni . kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ ||11-27||
Linguistic facts
unnamed meter · 11+11+11+11 syllables
scansion (laghu/guru)
14 words analyzed
- वक्त्राणिvaktrāṇi← वक्त्रnominal · vocative plural neuter
- तेte← ताnominal · nominative dual feminine
- त्वरमाणाtvaramāṇā← त्वर्nominal · nominative singular feminine
- विशन्तिviśanti← विश्verb · present third plural active (√viś)
- दंष्ट्रdaṃṣṭra← दंश्nominal · vocative singular masculine
- अक्ak← अज्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- अरालानिarālāni← अरालnominal · vocative plural neuter
- भयbhaya← भयnominal · vocative singular neuter
- आनकानिānakāni← अन्nominal · nominative plural neuter
- केचिद्विलग्नाkecidvilagnāunknown
- दशन्daśan← दंश्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- आन्तरेषुāntareṣu← आन्तरnominal · locative plural neuter
- सन्दृश्यन्तेsandṛśyante← संदृश्verb · present third plural passive (√saṃdṛś)
- चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैःcūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥunknown
Facts come from Vidyut (deterministic), never the model. Automated segmentation isn’t hand-verified — gaps are shown, not guessed.
Translations
11.27 Some hurriedly enter Thy mouths with their terrible teeth, fearful to behold. Some are found sticking in the gaps between the teeth with their heads crushed to powder.
source ↗8 more attributed translations
I see all people rushing full speed into Your mouths, as moths dash to destruction in a blazing fire.
11.27. They enter, hastening, into Your terrible mouths, frightening with tusks; some [of them], sticking in between Your teeth, are clearly visible with their heads powered.
11.27 1 see them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold. Some are mangled between thy jaws, with their heads crushed to atoms.
11.27 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
11.26 11.27 All these sons of Dhrtarastra like Duryodhana and others like Bhisma, Drona, and Suta's son Karna together with the hosts of monarchs on their side and also the leading warriors on our side, are hastening to their destruction; they enter Your fearful mouths with terrible fangs; some, caught between the teeth are seen with their heads crushed to powder.
11.27 Visanti, they enter; tvarmanah, rapidly, in great haste; into te, Your; vaktrani, mouths;-what kind of mouths?-bhayanakani, terrible; damstra-karalani, with cruel teeth. Besides, among these who have entered the mouths, kecit, some; samdrsyante, are see; vilagna, sticking, like meat eaten; dasanantaresu, in the gaps between the teeth; uttamangaih, with their heads; curnitaih, crushed. As to how they enter, he says:
11.27 Hasten to enter Your fearful mouths with terrible fangs. Some, caught between the teeth are seen with their heads crushed to powder.
11.27 They rapidly enter into Your terrible mouths with cruel teeths! Some are seen sticking in the gaps between the teeth, with their heads crushed!
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