Chapter 11 · The Vision of the Universal Form

    Verse 28

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 11, Verse 28

    यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखाः द्रवन्ति। तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति।।11.28।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥ samudram evābhimukhā dravanti tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā viśhanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti

    Translation

    As many torrents of rivers flow towards the ocean, so do these heroes of the world of men enter into Your flaming mouths.
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