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Bhagavad-gītā 11.29
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 29
- यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा
- विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः ।
- तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्-
- तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥२९॥
- yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā
- viśanti nāśāya samṛddha-vegāḥ
- tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokās
- tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddha-vegāḥ
yathāas — as; pradīptamblazing — blazing; jvalanama fire — a fire; pataṅgāḥmoths — moths; viśantienter — enter; nāśāyafor destruction — for destruction; samṛddhawith full — with full; vegāḥspeed — speed; tathāsimilarly evasimilarly — similarly; nāśāyafor destruction — for destruction; viśantiare entering — are entering; lokāḥall people — all people; tavaYour — Your; apialso — also; vaktrāṇimouths — mouths; samṛddhawith full speed-vegāḥwith full speed — with full speed.
I see all people rushing full speed into Your mouths, as moths dash to destruction in a blazing fire.