Gita Verse 11.28

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11, Verse 28

Sanskrit Verse

यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः

समुद्रमेवाभिमुखाः द्रवन्ति।

तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा

विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति।।11.28।।

Transliteration

yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥ

samudram evābhimukhā dravanti

tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā

viśhanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti

Word meanings

yathā—as; nadīnām—of the rivers; bahavaḥ—many; ambu-vegāḥ—water waves; samudram—the ocean; eva—indeed; abhimukhāḥ—toward; dravanti—flowing rapidly; tathā—similarly; tava—your; amī—these; nara-loka-vīrāḥ—kings of human society; viśhanti—enter; vaktrāṇi—mouths; abhivijvalanti—blazing;

Swami Sivananda's translation

Verily, just as many torrents of rivers flow towards the ocean, so too these heroes in the world of men enter Thy flaming mouths.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 11