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nabhaḥ-spṛśaḿ dīptam aneka-varṇaḿ vyāttānanaḿ dīpta-viśāla-netram dṛṣṭvā hi tvāḿ pravyathitāntar-ātmā dhṛtiḿ na vindāmi śamaḿ ca viṣṇo Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.24 O all-pervading Vishnu, seeing You with...

daḿṣṭrā-karālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānala-sannibhāni diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagan-nivāsa Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.25 O Lord of lords, O refuge of the worlds, please be gracious to me....

amī ca tvāḿ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvani-pāla-sańghaiḥ bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūta-putras tathāsau sahāsmadīyair api yodha-mukhyaiḥ vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daḿṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni kecid vilagnā...

yathā nadīnāḿ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥ samudram evābhimukhā dravanti tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā viśanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.28 As the many waves of the rivers flow into the ocean, so do all these...

yathā pradīptaḿ jvalanaḿ patańgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddha-vegāḥ tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokās tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddha-vegāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.29 I see all people rushing full speed into Your mouths, as moths...

lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraḿ bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.30 O Vishnu, I see You devouring all people from all sides...

ākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpo namo ’stu te deva-vara prasīda vijñātum icchāmi bhavantam ādyaḿ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.31 O Lord of lords, so fierce of form, please tell me who You are. I...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca kālo ’smi loka-kṣaya-kṛt pravṛddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ ṛte ’pi tvāḿ na bhaviṣyanti sarve ye ’vasthitāḥ praty-anīkeṣu yodhāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.32 The Supreme Personality of...

tasmāt tvam uttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuńkṣva rājyaḿ samṛddham mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraḿ bhava savya-sācin Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.33 Therefore get up. Prepare to fight and win glory....

droṇaḿ ca bhīṣmaḿ ca jayadrathaḿ ca karṇaḿ tathānyān api yodha-vīrān mayā hatāḿs tvaḿ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhā yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.34 Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna and the...