Chapter 11, Verse 25
Text
दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि | दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||११-२५||
Transliteration
daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni . diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||11-25||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
11.25 Having seen Thy mouths fearful with teeth (blazing) like the fires of cosmic dissolution, I know not the four arters, nor do I find peace. Have mercy, O Lord of the gods, O abode of the universe.
In English by Swami Sivananda
11.25 दंष्ट्राकरालानि fearful with teeth, च and, ते Thy, मुखानि mouths, दृष्ट्वा having seen, एव even, कालानलसन्निभानि blazing like Pralayafires, दिशः the four arters, न not, जाने know, न not, लभे do (I) obtain, च and, शर्म peace, प्रसीद have mercy, देवेश O Lord of the gods, जगन्निवास O abode of the universe.Commentary Jagannivasa The substratum of the universe.Kalanala The fires which consume the worlds during the final dissolution of the worlds (Pralaya). Time (Kala) is the consumer of all that is manifest.Diso no jane I do not know the four arters. I cannot distinguish the east from the west, nor the north from the south.