Chapter 11: Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga, verse 27
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
Say itvaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ
Translation
Some hurry into Your mouths with their terrible teeth, fearful to behold. Some are found stuck in the gaps between the teeth, their heads crushed to powder.
Swami Sivananda
They rapidly enter into Your terrible mouths with cruel teeth! Some are seen sticking in the gaps between the teeth, with their heads crushed!
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Hasten to enter Your fearful mouths with terrible fangs, crushing some of those caught between the teeth to powder.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
They hurry into Your fearsome mouths, with tusks that terrify; some of them, stuck between Your teeth, are clearly visible with their heads crushed.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
1 See them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold. Some are mangled between Thy jaws, with their heads crushed to atoms.
Shri Purohit Swami
हमारे मुख्य योद्धाओंके सहित भीष्म, द्रोण और वह कर्ण भी आपमें प्रविष्ट हो रहे हैं। राजाओंके समुदायोंके सहित धृतराष्ट्रके वे ही सब-के-सब पुत्र आपके विकराल दाढ़ोंके कारण भयंकर मुखोंमें बड़ी तेजीसे प्रविष्ट हो रहे हैं। उनमेंसे कईएक तो चूर्ण हुए सिरोंसहित आपके दाँतोंके बीचमें फँसे हुए दीख रहे हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
तीव्र वेग से आपके विकराल दाढ़ों वाले भयानक मुखों में प्रवेश करते हैं और कई एक चूर्णित शिरों सहित आपके दांतों के बीच में फँसे हुए दिख रहे हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.