Chapter 11, Verse 28
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति। तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति।।11.28।।
yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ samudramevābhimukhā dravanti. tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti৷৷11.28৷৷
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- यथा
- just as
- नदीनां
- of rivers
- बहवः
- many
- अम्बु-वेगाः
- currents/floods of water
- समुद्रम्
- the ocean
- एव
- indeed, only
- अभिमुखाः
- facing towards, headed for
- द्रवन्ति
- rush, flow
- तथा
- so, likewise
- तव
- your
- अमी
- these
- नर-लोक-वीराः
- heroes of the world of men
- विशन्ति
- enter
- वक्त्राणि
- mouths
- अभिविज्वलन्ति
- blaze forth, flame into
Commentary
28, As many torrents of rivers flow direct towards the sea, so do these heroes in the world of men enter Thy flaming mouths.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यथा
नदीनां
बहवः
अम्बु-वेगाः
समुद्रम्
एव
अभिमुखाः
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तथा
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