Text 29]
The Universal Form
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yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo 'mbu-vegāḥ samudram evābhimukhā dravanti tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā viśanti vaktrāny abhivijvalanti
yathā —as;  nadīnām —of the rivers;  bahavaḥ —many;  ambu-vegāḥ —waves of the waters;  samudram —ocean;  eva —certainly;  abhimukhāḥ —towards;  dravanti —gliding;  tathā —similarly;  tava —Your;  amī —all those;  nara-loka-vīrāḥ —the kings of human society;  viśanti —entering;  vaktrāṇi —into the mouths;  abhivijvalanti —blazing.
TRANSLATION
As the rivers flow into the sea, so all these great warriors enter Your blazing mouths and perish.
TEXT 29
यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः । तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका-स्तवापि वक्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥२९॥
yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddha-vegāḥ tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokās tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddha-vegāḥ
yathā —as; pradīptam —blazing; jvalanam —fire; pataṅgāḥ —moths; viśanti —enters; nāśāya —destruction; samṛddha —full; vegāḥ —speed; tathā eva —similarly; nāśāya —for destruction; viśanti —entering; lokāḥ —all people.  tava —unto You; api —also; vaktrāṇi —in the mouths; samṛddha-vegāḥ —with full speed.
TRANSLATION
I see all people rushing with full speed into Your mouths as moths dash into a blazing fire.