Sanskrit · Devanagari
दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि। दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882no tranquillity. And seeing your mouths terrible by the jaws and resembling the fire of destruction I cannot recognise the (various) directions I feel no comfort. Be gracious O lord of gods! who pervadest the universe. And all these sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra together with all the bands of kings
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।11.25।। --,दंष्ट्राकरालानि दंष्ट्राभिः करालानि विकृतानि ते तव मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव उपलभ्य कालानलसंनिभानि प्रलयकाले लोकानां दाहकः अग्निः कालानलः तत्सदृशानि कालानलसंनिभानि मुखानि दृष्ट्वेत्येतत्। दिशः पूर्वापरविवेकेन न जाने दिङ्मूढो जातः अस्मि। अतः न लभे च न उपलभे च शर्म सुखम्। अतः प्रसीद प्रसन्नो भव हे देवेश? जगन्निवास।।येभ्यो मम पराजयाशङ्का या आसीत् सा च अपगता।,यतः --,
120cf12b498f…Rāmānuja
11.25 Looking at Your mouths, extremely terrifying and like cosmic fire at the end of the universe, and operating for the destruction of everything, I have lost the sense of recognising the arters of the sky, nor do I feel happy and peaceful. O Abode of all the worlds, O Lord of all the Devas, namely, O Overlord of even gods like Brahma! Be gracious unto me. The meaning is: 'Do act in such a way that I may attain my natural condition. Arjuna's charioteer (Parthasarathi), thus showing that all the worlds depend upon Him for their existence and activities, showed to the son of Prtha (Arjuna) that what He wanted to do, making Arjuna a mere instrument of His, was to lighten the burden of the earth through the destruction of all those who were of Asuric manifestations and who, in the guise of kings, were presenting themselves as the sons of Dhrtarastra and their followers. Many such embodiments of Asuras were present also in the ranks of Yudhisthira's followers. And Arjuna, after having realised with the divine eyes, received through His grace, the complete manifestation of the Lord as the Creator etc., witnessed also the slaughter of the followers of the sons of Dhrtarastra etc., in that Lord Himself, who is the Self of all, even though it (the slaughter) had not happened actually according to human calculations. Arjuna continues:
7cdc487370f9…Swami Sivananda
11.25 दंष्ट्राकरालानि fearful with teeth? च and? ते Thy? मुखानि mouths? दृष्ट्वा having seen? एव even? कालानलसन्निभानि blazing like Pralayafires? दिशः the four arters? न not? जाने know? न not? लभे do (I) obtain? च and? शर्म peace? प्रसीद have mercy? देवेश O Lord of the gods? जगन्निवास O abode of the universe.Commentary Jagannivasa The substratum of the universe.Kalanala The fires which consume the worlds during the final dissolution of the worlds (Pralaya). Time (Kala) is the consumer of all that is manifest.Diso no jane I do not know the four arters. I cannot distinguish the east from the west? nor the north from the south.
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