B.G 11.26-30

अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः। भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथाऽसौ सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ॥२६॥ वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि। केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥२७॥

amī ca tvāṁ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaiva avanipāla-saṅghaiḥ। bhīṣmaḥ droṇaḥ sūta-putraḥ tathā asau saha asmadīyaiḥ api yodha-mukhyaiḥ ॥26॥ vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṁṣṭra-karālāni bhayānakāni। kecit vilagnā daśana-antareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitaiḥ uttamāṅgaiḥ ॥27॥

[अमी (amī) - these; च (ca) - and; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सह (saha) - together with; एव (eva) - indeed; अवनिपालसङ्घैः (avanipāla-saṅghaiḥ) - with groups of kings; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa; सूतपुत्रः (sūta-putraḥ) - the charioteer’s son (Karna); तथा (tathā) - likewise; असौ (asau) - that one; सह (saha) - along with; अस्मदीयैः (asmadīyaiḥ) - ours; अपि (api) - also; योधमुख्यैः (yodha-mukhyaiḥ) - chief warriors; वक्त्राणि (vaktrāṇi) - mouths; ते (te) - your; त्वरमाणाः (tvaramāṇāḥ) - rushing; विशन्ति (viśanti) - are entering; दंष्ट्राकरालानि (daṁṣṭra-karālāni) - with terrifying fangs; भयानकानि (bhayānakāni) - dreadful; केचित् (kecit) - some; विलग्नाः (vilagnāḥ) - stuck; दशनान्तरेषु (daśana-antareṣu) - between the teeth; सन्दृश्यन्ते (sandṛśyante) - are seen; चूर्णितैः (cūrṇitaiḥ) - crushed; उत्तमाङ्गैः (uttamāṅgaiḥ) - with heads;]

And these sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, along with the bands of kings, and Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and the son of the charioteer, likewise that one too, together with the chief warriors of our side — they are all rushing into your mouths, dreadful with terrifying fangs. Some are seen stuck between the teeth, their heads crushed to pieces.

यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति। तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ॥२८॥

yathā nadīnām bahavaḥ ambu-vegāḥ samudram eva abhimukhā dravanti। tathā tava amī nara-loka-vīrāḥ viśanti vaktrāṇi abhi-vijvalanti ॥28॥

[यथा (yathā) - just as; नदीनाम् (nadīnām) - of rivers; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; अम्बुवेगाः (ambu-vegāḥ) - currents of water; समुद्रम् (samudram) - the ocean; एव (eva) - alone; अभिमुखाः (abhimukhāḥ) - facing towards; द्रवन्ति (dravanti) - flow; तथा (tathā) - likewise; तव (tava) - your; अमी (amī) - these; नरलोकवीराः (nara-loka-vīrāḥ) - heroes of the world of men; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; वक्त्राणि (vaktrāṇi) - mouths; अभिविज्वलन्ति (abhi-vijvalanti) - blaze intensely;]

Just as many streams of rivers flow rapidly toward the ocean, so also these heroes of the human world rush into your blazing mouths.

यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः। तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥२९॥

yathā pradīptam jvalanam pataṅgāḥ viśanti nāśāya samṛddha-vegāḥ। tathā eva nāśāya viśanti lokāḥ tava api vaktrāṇi samṛddha-vegāḥ ॥29॥

[यथा (yathā) - just as; प्रदीप्तम् (pradīptam) - blazing; ज्वलनम् (jvalanam) - fire; पतङ्गाः (pataṅgāḥ) - moths; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; नाशाय (nāśāya) - to destruction; समृद्धवेगाः (samṛddha-vegāḥ) - with great speed; तथा (tathā) - so; एव (eva) - indeed; नाशाय (nāśāya) - to destruction; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - the worlds (creatures); तव (tava) - your; अपि (api) - also; वक्त्राणि (vaktrāṇi) - mouths; समृद्धवेगाः (samṛddha-vegāḥ) - with great speed;]

Just as moths swiftly rush into a blazing fire to their destruction, so too do the worlds hasten into your mouths with great speed for their destruction.

लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्तालोकान् समग्रान् वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः। तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत् समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥३०॥

lelih yase grasamānaḥ samantāt lokān samagrān vadanaiḥ jvaladbhiḥ। tejobhiḥ āpūrya jagat samagram bhāsaḥ tava ugrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ॥30॥

[लेलिह्यसे (lelih yase) - you are licking; ग्रसमानः (grasamānaḥ) - devouring; समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides; लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds; समग्रान् (samagrān) - entirely; वदनैः (vadanaiḥ) - with mouths; ज्वलद्भिः (jvaladbhiḥ) - blazing; तेजोभिः (tejobhiḥ) - with radiances; आपूर्य (āpūrya) - filling; जगत् (jagat) - the universe; समग्रम् (samagram) - entire; भासः (bhāsaḥ) - lights; तव (tava) - your; उग्राः (ugrāḥ) - fierce; प्रतपन्ति (pratapanti) - scorch; विष्णो (viṣṇo) - O Viṣṇu;]

You lick up and devour all the worlds on every side with your blazing mouths. Filling the entire universe with your radiance, your fierce lights scorch it, O Viṣṇu.

Gīta Tātparya 11.26-30

Just as a broken pot is not perceived by those with dull vision until it falls apart, so too the subtle divine acts areunseen by ordinary people.

अन्यचेष्टां कुर्वतामपि भगवच्चेष्टयैव प्रलयोदके प्रजानां प्रवेशवत् प्रवेशो युज्यते। सेनामध्यतो भगवन्मुखानामुभयाभिमुखत्वाच्च उभे सेने तत्र प्रविशतः। ये तु तस्मिन् मुहूर्ते मरिष्यन्ति तेषां दशनान्तरे चूर्णितमपि शिरः सूक्ष्मदृष्टिगोचरत्वात् मानुषदृष्ट्या तथा न दृश्यते। यथा भिन्नमपि घटादिकं यावत् न पृथङ्ग् पतति तावत् मन्ददृष्टीनां न ज्ञायते। यथा पुरूरवसो जरा अश्विभ्यामेव दृष्टा॥

anya-ceṣṭāṁ kurvatām api bhagavat-ceṣṭayā eva pralaya-udake prajānāṁ praveśavat praveśo yujyate। senā-madhyataḥ bhagavat-mukhānām ubhaya-abhimukhatvāc ca ubhe sene tatra praviśataḥ। ye tu tasmin muhūrte mariṣyanti teṣāṁ daśanāntare cūrṇitam api śiraḥ sūkṣma-dṛṣṭi-gocaratvāt mānuṣa-dṛṣṭyā tathā na dṛśyate। yathā bhinnam api ghaṭādikaṁ yāvat na pṛthaṅg patati tāvat manda-dṛṣṭīnām na jñāyate। yathā purūravaso jarā aśvibhyām eva dṛṣṭā॥

[अन्यचेष्टाम् (anya-ceṣṭām) - other activities; कुर्वताम् (kurvatām) - of those doing; अपि (api) - even; भगवच्चेष्टया (bhagavat-ceṣṭayā) - by the divine act; एव (eva) - alone; प्रलयउदके (pralaya-udake) - into the waters of dissolution; प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of beings; प्रवेशवत् (praveśavat) - as with entry; प्रवेशः (praveśaḥ) - entry; युज्यते (yujyate) - is applicable; सेनामध्यतः (senā-madhyataḥ) - from the midst of the armies; भगवन्मुखानाम् (bhagavat-mukhānām) - of the divine mouths; उभयाभिमुखत्वात् (ubhaya-abhimukhatvāt) - due to facing both sides; च (ca) - and; उभे (ubhe) - both; सेने (sene) - armies; तत्र (tatra) - there; प्रविशतः (praviśataḥ) - are entering; ये (ye) - those who; तु (tu) - but; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - at that; मुहूर्ते (muhūrte) - moment; मरिष्यन्ति (mariṣyanti) - will die; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; दशनान्तरे (daśana-antare) - between the teeth; चूर्णितम् (cūrṇitam) - crushed; अपि (api) - even; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; सूक्ष्मदृष्टिगोचरत्वात् (sūkṣma-dṛṣṭi-gocaratvāt) - due to being within the scope of subtle vision; मानुषदृष्ट्या (mānuṣa-dṛṣṭyā) - by human vision; तथा (tathā) - in that way; न (na) - not; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; यथा (yathā) - just as; भिन्नम् (bhinnam) - broken; अपि (api) - even; घटादिकम् (ghaṭādikam) - pot etc.; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; न (na) - not; पृथङ्ग् पतति (pṛthaṅg patati) - falls apart; तावत् (tāvat) - until then; मन्ददृष्टीनाम् (manda-dṛṣṭīnām) - for those with dull vision; न (na) - not; ज्ञायते (jñāyate) - is known; यथा (yathā) - just as; पुरूरवसः (purūravasoḥ) - of Purūravas; जरा (jarā) - old age; अश्विभ्याम् (aśvibhyām) - by the Ashvins; एव (eva) - only; दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - was seen;]

Even when others engage in different activities, their entry into the waters of dissolution is governed solely by the divine act. From the midst of the armies, because the divine mouths face both sides, both armies are entering there. Those who are destined to die at that moment — though their heads are crushed between the teeth — such things are not visible to human eyes, being perceivable only by subtle vision. Just as a broken pot is not perceived by those with dull vision until it falls apart, so too the subtle is unseen. Just as the old age of Purūravas was seen only by the Ashvins.