Bhagavad Gita 11.27 Meaning: Vaktrani te tvaramana vishanti

Bhagavad Gita 11.27

वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥

Vaktrani te tvaramana vishanti danshtrakaralani bhayanakaniKechidvilagna dashanantareshu sandrishyante churnitairuttamangaih

vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni |kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu saṃdṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ ||

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Our explanation ... are rushing into Krishna's mouths, which are fearsome with teeth; some are seen caught between the teeth, their heads crushed to powder. These are Arjuna's words for what he sees in the form.

हिंदी अर्थ … कृष्ण के विकराल दाढ़ों वाले भयानक मुखों में तेज़ी से प्रवेश कर रहे हैं; कुछ दाँतों के बीच फँसे दिखते हैं, उनके सिर चूर्ण हो गए हैं। ये शब्द अर्जुन के हैं, जो वे उस रूप में देख रहे हैं।

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वक्त्राणि vaktrāṇi · mouths (noun (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”
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.”
त्वरमाणाः tvaramāṇāḥ · hurrying (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tvar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 3 “to hurry, make haste, move with speed”
विशन्ति viśanti · enter (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. viś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 989, col. 2 “to enter, enter in or settle down on, go into”
दंष्ट्राकरालानि daṃṣṭrākarālāni · fearsome with tusks (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: daṃṣṭrā-karāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 464, col. 3 “having terrible tusks”
भयानकानि bhayānakāni · terrible (adjective (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: bhayānaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 747, col. 2 “fearful, terrible, dreadful, formidable”
केचित् kecit · some (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”; 2. cid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 398, col. 1 “even, indeed, also”
विलग्नाः vilagnāḥ · caught, sticking (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: vi-lagna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 984, col. 3 “fastened or attached to, resting or hanging on”
दशनान्तरेषु daśanāntareṣu · in the gaps between the teeth (compound (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: daśana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 472, col. 3 “a tooth”; antara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 3 “interval, intermediate space or time”
संदृश्यन्ते saṃdṛśyante · are seen (present passive, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: saṃ-dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1144, col. 1 “to be observed, become visible, appear”
चूर्णितैः cūrṇitaiḥ · crushed (past participle (neuter), instrumental plural) Dictionary: cūrṇita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 401, col. 2
उत्तमाङ्गैः uttamāṅgaiḥ · with heads (compound (neuter), instrumental plural) Dictionary: uttamāṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 178, col. 1 “the highest or chief part of the body, the head”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same word. The e-text writes the class nasal (सन्दृश्यन्ते); the 1922 edition writes anusvara (संदृश्यन्ते).

By reason of the ruggedness and distortion of face. ↩

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