11.27
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti
daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni
kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu
sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ
Arjuna (अर्जुन) is still speaking. The nominatives of 11.26 are the subject of viśanti (विशन्ति). Meter: triṣṭubh (त्रिष्टुभ्). Four quarters, eleven syllables each, forty-four in the verse.
The verse
Hurrying, they enter your fearful mouths, terrible with fangs; some are seen stuck in the gaps of the teeth, with their heads crushed.
नेपालीमा
हतार गर्दै तिनीहरू दाँतले भयानक तपाईंका डरलाग्दा मुखमा पस्छन्। कोही दाँतका बीचमा अडिएका, शिर चूर भएका देखिन्छन्।
Where it sits
The men named in 11.26 meet the mouths of 11.25. This is the sight he will be told, in 11.33, has already happened. He is only watching it.
Split: वक्त्राणि + ते + त्वरमाणाः + विशन्ति + दंष्ट्रा-करालानि + भयानकानि + केचित् + विलग्नाः + दशन-अन्तरेषु + सन्दृश्यन्ते + चूर्णितैः + उत्तम-अङ्गैः
vaktrāṇi + te + tvaramāṇāḥ + viśanti + daṃṣṭrā-karālāni + bhayānakāni + kecit + vilagnāḥ + daśana-antareṣu + sandṛśyante + cūrṇitaiḥ + uttama-aṅgaiḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| वक्त्राणि | vaktrāṇi | accusative plural | the mouths. |
| ते | te | genitive | your. |
| त्वरमाणाः | tvaramāṇāḥ | nominative plural | hurrying. Present participle of tvar (त्वर्). |
| विशन्ति | viśanti | present, 3rd plural | they enter. |
| दंष्ट्रा-करालानि | daṃṣṭrā-karālāni | accusative plural | terrible with fangs. Agrees with vaktrāṇi (वक्त्राणि). |
| भयानकानि | bhayānakāni | accusative plural | fearful. |
| केचित् | kecit | nominative plural | some. |
| विलग्नाः | vilagnāḥ | nominative plural | stuck. Caught. |
| दशन-अन्तरेषु | daśana-antareṣu | locative plural | in the spaces between the teeth. daśana (दशन) is a tooth. |
| सन्दृश्यन्ते | sandṛśyante | present passive, 3rd plural | they are seen. |
| चूर्णितैः | cūrṇitaiḥ | instrumental plural | crushed. Powdered. |
| उत्तम-अङ्गैः | uttama-aṅgaiḥ | instrumental plural | with their heads. uttama-aṅga (उत्तम-अङ्ग) is the highest limb, the head. |
The phrases
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇāḥ viśanti daṃṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni (वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणाः विशन्ति दंष्ट्रा-करालानि भयानकानि) finishes 11.26. Hurrying, they enter your fearful mouths, terrible with fangs.
kecit vilagnāḥ daśana-antareṣu sandṛśyante (केचित् विलग्नाः दशन-अन्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते) is the ones who do not go straight in. Some are seen stuck between the teeth.
cūrṇitaiḥ uttama-aṅgaiḥ (चूर्णितैः उत्तम-अङ्गैः) is how they are stuck. With their heads crushed.
Sanskrit in this line
sandṛśyante (सन्दृश्यन्ते) is passive: "they are seen," not "they see." The ending --ante (अन्ते) is third plural middle, and the --ya- (य-) of dṛśya (दृश्य) is the passive stem. केचित् + विलग्नाः kecit + vilagnāḥ is kecid vilagnāḥ (केचिद्विलग्नाः), t (त्) voicing before v (व्). चूर्णितैः + उत्तम cūrṇitaiḥ + uttama is cūrṇitair uttama (चूर्णितैरुत्तम): aiḥ (ऐः) before a vowel becomes air (ऐर्).
Say it back
What they enter, and what happens to some heads. If they only stand and look, viśanti (विशन्ति) was replaced by the looking of 11.22.