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वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि। केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।

vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 27
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Some hurry into Your mouths with their terrible teeth, fearful to behold. Some are found stuck in the gaps between the teeth, their heads crushed to powder.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: some are seen caught between Krishna's teeth, their heads crushed, describing the destruction in stark, unavoidable detail rather than softening it into something more comfortable to witness.

In life: sometimes fully facing a difficult truth requires tolerating stark, unsoftened detail rather than immediately reaching for a gentler version that would be easier, but less honest, to sit with.

Teaching: when facing a genuinely difficult truth, notice your own urge to immediately soften or reframe it into something easier, and consider whether sitting with the starker, more honest version first actually serves you better before moving toward comfort.

vaktrāṇimouths
teYour
tvaramāṇāḥfearful
viśantientering
daṁṣṭrāteeth
karālāniterrible
bhayānakānivery fearful
kecitsome of them
vilagnāḥbeing attacked
daśanāntareṣubetween the teeth
sandṛśyantebeing seen
cūrṇitaiḥsmashed
uttama-aṅgaiḥby the head

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.27 वक्त्राणि mouths? ते Thy? त्वरमाणाः hurrying? विशन्ति enter? दंष्ट्राकरालानि terribletoothed? भयानकानि fearful to behold? केचित् some? विलग्नाः sticking? दशनान्तरेषु in the gaps between the teeth? संदृश्यन्ते are found? चूर्णितैः crushed to powder? उत्तमाङ्गैः with (their) heads.Commentary How do they enter into the mouth Arjuna continues