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 pradīptam jvalanam pataṅgāḥ viśhanti nāśhāya samṛiddha vegāḥ tathā eva nāśhāya viśhanti lokāḥ tava api vaktrāṇi samṛiddha-vegāḥ

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.