Verse 11.27
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
Transliteration
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti
daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni |
kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu
sandṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
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.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
are rushing into your fearsome mouths, terrible with tusks. Some are seen caught between your teeth, their heads crushed to powder.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The sentence from the previous verse completes itself with one of the most violent images in the Gita. The warriors of both armies are hurrying into Krishna's mouths, and some are visible stuck between the teeth with their heads crushed. The horror is deliberate. Arjuna had feared killing his kinsmen; now he sees that their deaths are already contained in the divine form, as if they have happened. The verse does not glorify violence. It confronts Arjuna with the reality of time and mortality, which no one, on either side, can escape.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08