Bhagavad Gita 11.25 Meaning: Danshtrakaralani cha

Bhagavad Gita 11.25

दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि ।दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥

Danshtrakaralani cha te mukhani drishtvaiva kalanalasannibhaniDisho na jane na labhe cha sharma prasida devesha jagannivasa

daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni |diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||

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Our explanation Seeing Krishna's mouths with their fearsome teeth, like the fire of time (kālānala; Shankara explains it as the fire that consumes the worlds at their dissolution), Arjuna says he loses his sense of direction and finds no comfort. He prays: 'Be gracious, Lord of gods, home of the universe.'

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कहते हैं कि विकराल दाढ़ों वाले, कालाग्नि जैसे मुखों को देखकर उन्हें दिशाएँ नहीं सूझतीं और चैन नहीं मिलता। (शंकराचार्य कालाग्नि का अर्थ वह आग बताते हैं जो प्रलय के समय लोकों को जलाती है।) वे प्रार्थना करते हैं: “हे देवेश, हे जगन्निवास, प्रसन्न होइए।”

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दंष्ट्राकरालानि daṃṣṭrākarālāni · fearsome with tusks (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: daṃṣṭrā-karāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 464, col. 3 “having terrible tusks”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
ते te · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
मुखानि mukhāni · mouths (noun (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 819, col. 3 “the mouth, face, countenance”
दृष्ट्वा dṛṣṭvā · having seen (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
एव eva · just, merely (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
कालानलसन्निभानि kālānalasannibhāni · like the fire at the end of time (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: kālānala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 279, col. 1; saṃ-nibha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1147, col. 1 “like, similar, resembling”
दिशः diśaḥ · the directions (noun (feminine), accusative plural) Dictionary: 2. diś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 480, col. 1 “quarter or region pointed at, direction, cardinal point”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
जाने jāne · know (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
लभे labhe · find, get (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: labh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 896, col. 2 “to gain possession of, obtain, receive, conceive, get”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
शर्म śarma · shelter, peace (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: śarman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1058, col. 2 “shelter, protection, refuge, safety ...; joy, bliss, comfort, delight, happiness”
प्रसीद prasīda · be gracious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: pra-sad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 696, col. 3 “to become satisfied or pleased or glad, be gracious or kind”
देवेश deveśa · O Lord of gods (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: deveśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 495, col. 2 “‘chief of the g°,’ N. of Brahmā or Vishṇu or Śiva or Indra”
जगन्निवास jagannivāsa · O refuge of the world (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: jagan-nivāsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 2 “‘world-abode,’ Vishṇu or Kṛishṇa”

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