वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni |kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ ||
- वक्त्राणि · vaktrāṇi
- mouths
- त्वरमाणाः · tvaramāṇāḥ
- rushing, hastening
- विशन्ति · viśanti
- they enter
- भयानकानि · bhayānakāni
- frightful
- विलग्नाः · vilagnāḥ
- stuck, caught
- दशनान्तरेषु · daśanāntareṣu
- between the teeth
- चूर्णितैः उत्तमाङ्गैः · cūrṇitaiḥ uttamāṅgaiḥ
- with heads crushed
“— rushing into your mouths, terrible with fangs and frightful to see. Some are caught between your teeth, visible with their heads crushed to powder.”
— Original plain-language translation
The war's outcome is shown as already accomplished: warriors stream helplessly into the cosmic mouth. Krishna will confirm this reading in verse 34 — 'already slain by me.' Foreknowledge here serves to free Arjuna from the burden of doership.
— Reader's notes (original)