Chapter XI · Śloka 27
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti
daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni ।
kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu
sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ ॥
daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni ।
kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu
sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ ॥
They are rushing into Your terrible mouths with fearsome tusks; some are seen with their heads crushed, caught between the teeth.
The vision reaches its most visceral and terrifying point: the warriors Arjuna knows are not merely entering the divine form — they are being destroyed by it, their bodies pulped between cosmic teeth. This graphic image forces Arjuna to confront that the battle's outcome is already sealed in the divine will.