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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 11.28
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगा:
समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति ।
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा
विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ॥ २८ ॥
yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥ
samudram evābhimukhā dravanti
tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā
viśanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti
As the many waves of the rivers flow into the ocean, so do all these great warriors enter blazing into Your mouths.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioWhat this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.
In the story
Chapter 11, The Universal Form: awe and terror at the universal form.
Theme summary
Honest questions open the way to wisdom.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.
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