BG 11.29

Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1983+) - Chapter 11: The Universal Form

BG 11.28 - BG 11.30

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 29

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

SYNONYMS

yathā—as; pradīptam—blazing; jvalanam—a fire; pataṅgāḥ—moths; viśanti—enter; nāśāya—for destruction; samṛddha—with full; vegāḥ—speed; tathā eva—similarly; nāśāya—for destruction; viśanti—are entering; lokāḥ—all people; tava—Your; api—also; vaktrāṇi—mouths; samṛddha-vegāḥ—with full speed.

TRANSLATION

I see all people rushing full speed into Your mouths, as moths dash to destruction in a blazing fire.

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