Chapter 11 · Verse 29
Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God
यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः। तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका स्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः
yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā viśhanti nāśhāya samṛiddha-vegāḥ tathaiva nāśhāya viśhanti lokās tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛiddha-vegāḥ
Word Meanings
yathā — as; pradīptam — blazing; jvalanam — fire; pataṅgāḥ — moths; viśhanti — enter; nāśhāya — to be perished; samṛiddha vegāḥ — with great speed; tathā eva — similarly; nāśhāya — to be perished; viśhanti — enter; lokāḥ — these people; tava — your; api — also; vaktrāṇi — mouths; samṛiddha-vegāḥ — with great speed
Translation
As moths rush headlong into a blazing fire to their destruction, so do these people rush with great speed into Your mouths to their destruction.