Chapter 11, Verse 29
यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः। तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका स्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः।।11.29।।
yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ. tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokā stavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ৷৷11.29৷৷
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- यथा
- just as
- प्रदीप्तम्
- blazing
- ज्वलनम्
- fire
- पतङ्गाः
- moths
- विशन्ति
- enter
- नाशाय
- for destruction
- समृद्धवेगाः
- with great/accelerated speed
- तथा एव
- in the same way
- नाशाय
- for destruction
- विशन्ति
- enter
- लोकाः
- the worlds/people
- तव
- your
- अपि
- indeed/also
- वक्त्राणि
- mouths
- समृद्धवेगाः
- with great/accelerated speed
Commentary
29. As moths hurriedly rush into a blazing fire for destruction, just so do these creatures also hurriedly rush into Thy mouths for destruction.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यथा
प्रदीप्तम्
ज्वलनम्
पतङ्गाः
विशन्ति
नाशाय
समृद्धवेगाः
तथा एव
नाशाय
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लोकाः
तव
अपि
वक्त्राणि
समृद्धवेगाः
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