Chapter XI · Śloka 28
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः
समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति |
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा
विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ||
समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति |
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा
विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ||
yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo 'mbu-vegāḥ
samudram evābhimukhā dravanti |
tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā
viśanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti ||
samudram evābhimukhā dravanti |
tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā
viśanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti ||
As the many rushing torrents of rivers flow toward the ocean, so do all these heroes of the human world flow into Your blazing mouths.
Arjuna sees the warriors rushing irresistibly into Krishna's fiery mouths as rivers flow to the sea — not by force but by nature, drawn by gravity they cannot resist. The image captures both the beauty and the terror of cosmic inevitability.