BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:26-27

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:26-27

 

ami ca tvam dhrtarastrasya putrah

sarve sahaivavani pala-sanghaih

bhismo dronah suta-putras tathasau

sahasmadiyair api yodha-mukhyaih

 

vaktrani te tvaramana visanti

damstra-karalani bhayanakani

kecid vilagna dasanantaresu

sandrsyante curnitair uttamangaih

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

ami--these; ca--also; tvam--You; dhrtarastrasya--of Dhrtarastra;

putrah--the sons; sarve--all; saha--with; eva--indeed; avani-pala--of

warrior kings; sanghaih--the groups; bhismah--Bhismadeva;

dronah--Dronacarya; suta-putrah--Karna; tatha--also; asau--that;

saha--with; asmadiyaih--our; api--also; yodha-mukhyaih--chiefs among

the warriors; vaktrani--mouths; te--Your; tvaramanah--rushing;

visanti--are entering; damstra--teeth; karalani--terrible;

bhayanakani--very fearful; kecit--some of them; vilagnah--becoming

attached; dasana-antaresu--between the teeth; sandrsyante--are seen;

curnitaih--with smashed; uttama-angaih--heads.

 

TRANSLATION

 

All the sons of Dhrtarastra, along with their allied kings, and

Bhisma, Drona, Karna--and our chief soldiers also--are rushing into

Your fearful mouths. And some I see trapped with heads smashed between

Your teeth.

 

PURPORT

 

In a previous verse the Lord promised to show Arjuna things he would

be very interested in seeing. Now Arjuna sees that the leaders of the

opposite party

(Bhisma, Drona, Karna and all the sons of Dhrtarastra) and their soldiers

and Arjuna's own soldiers are all being annihilated. This is an

indication that after the death of nearly all the persons assembled at

Kuruksetra, Arjuna will emerge victorious. It is also mentioned here

that Bhisma, who is supposed to be unconquerable, will also be

smashed. So also Karna. Not only will the great warriors of the other

party like Bhisma be smashed, but some of the great warriors of

Arjuna's side also.

 

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