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Bhagavad Gita 11.29

Chapter 11: Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga (The Cosmic Form) · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गाविशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः ।तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥

yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgāviśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ |tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokāstavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 11.29 in English

As moths fly at full speed into a blazing fire to their destruction, so all these beings rush into Krishna's mouths to their end.

गीता 11.29 का हिंदी अर्थ

जैसे पतंगे पूरी तेज़ी से जलती आग में नष्ट होने के लिए घुसते हैं, वैसे ही ये सब लोग नाश के लिए तेज़ी से आपके मुखों में प्रवेश कर रहे हैं।

deathself-destructioninevitability

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.