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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 Verse 27

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 11 श्लोक 27

वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।

English Translation - Swami Sivananda

11.27 Some hurriedly enter Thy mouths with their terrible teeth, fearful to behold. Some are found sticking in the gaps between the teeth with their heads crushed to powder.

English Commentary - Swami Sivananda

11.27 वक्त्राणि mouths? ते Thy? त्वरमाणाः hurrying? विशन्ति enter? दंष्ट्राकरालानि terribletoothed? भयानकानि fearful to behold? केचित् some? विलग्नाः sticking? दशनान्तरेषु in the gaps between the teeth? संदृश्यन्ते are found? चूर्णितैः crushed to powder? उत्तमाङ्गैः with (their) heads.Commentary How do they enter into the mouth Arjuna continues

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 11.27

Vaktraani te twaramaanaa vishantiDamshtraakaraalaani bhayaanakaani; Kechidwilagnaa dashanaantareshuSandrishyante choornitairuttamaangaih.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 11.27

amī—these; cha—and; tvām—you; dhṛitarāśhtrasya—of Dhritarashtra; putrāḥ—sons; sarve—all; saha—with; eva—even; avani-pāla—their allied kings; sanghaiḥ—assembly; bhīṣhmaḥ—Bheeshma; droṇaḥ—Dronacharya; sūta-putraḥ—Karna; tathā—and also; asau—this; saha—with; asmadīyaiḥ—from our side; api—also; yodha-mukhyaiḥ—generals; vaktrāṇi—mouths; te—your; tvaramāṇāḥ—rushing; viśhanti—enter; danṣhṭrā—teeth; karālāni—terrible; bhayānakāni—fearsome; kechit—some; vilagnāḥ—getting stuck; daśhana-antareṣhu—between the teeth; sandṛiśhyante—are seen; chūrṇitaiḥ—getting smashed; uttama-aṅgaiḥ—heads