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Bhagavad-gītā 11.26-27
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 26-27
- अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः
- सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः ।
- भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौ
- सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ॥२६॥
- वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
- दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।
- केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
- सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥२७॥
- amī ca tvāṁ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ
- sarve sahaivāvani-pāla-saṅghaiḥ
- bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūta-putras tathāsau
- sahāsmadīyair api yodha-mukhyaiḥ
- vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti
- daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni
- kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu
- sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ
amīthese — these; caalso — also; tvāmYou — You; dhṛtarāṣṭrasyaof Dhṛtarāṣṭra — of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; putrāḥthe sons — the sons; sarveall — all; sahawith — with; evaindeed — indeed; avaniof warrior kings-pālaof warrior kings — of warrior kings; saṅghaiḥthe groups — the groups; bhīṣmaḥBhīṣmadeva — Bhīṣmadeva; droṇaḥDroṇācārya — Droṇācārya; sūtaKarṇa-putraḥKarṇa — Karṇa; tathāalso — also; asauthat — that; sahawith — with; asmadīyaiḥour — our; apialso — also; yodhachiefs among the warriors-mukhyaiḥchiefs among the warriors — chiefs among the warriors; vaktrāṇimouths — mouths; teYour — Your; tvaramāṇāḥrushing — rushing; viśantiare entering — are entering; daṁṣṭrāteeth — teeth; karālāniterrible — terrible; bhayānakānivery fearful — very fearful; kecitsome of them — some of them; vilagnāḥbecoming attached — becoming attached; daśanabetween the teeth-antareṣubetween the teeth — between the teeth; sandṛśyanteare seen — are seen; cūrṇitaiḥwith smashed — with smashed; uttamaheads-aṅgaiḥheads — heads.
All the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, along with their allied kings, and Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Karṇa—and our chief soldiers also—are rushing into Your fearful mouths. And some I see trapped with heads smashed between Your teeth.
In a previous verse the Lord promised to show Arjuna things he would be very interested in seeing. Now Arjuna sees that the leaders of the opposite party (Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Karṇa and all the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and their soldiers and Arjuna's own soldiers are all being annihilated. This is an indication that after the death of nearly all the persons assembled at Kurukṣetra, Arjuna will emerge victorious. It is also mentioned here that Bhīṣma, who is supposed to be unconquerable, will also be smashed. So also Karṇa. Not only will the great warriors of the other party like Bhīṣma be smashed, but some of the great warriors of Arjuna's side also.