भगवद्गीता bhagavad-gītā - chapter-11, verse-25

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दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसंनिभानि ।
दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥२५॥

25. daṁṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni; dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasaṁnibhāni ,
diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma; prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa.

25. daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvā eva kālānalasaṃnibhāni
diśaḥ na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa

25. deveśa jagannivāsa,
te daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca kālānalasaṃnibhāni mukhāni dṛṣṭvā eva,
diśaḥ na jāne,
śarma ca na labhe.
prasīda.

25. Having seen Your mouths, which are terrible with fangs and resemble the fire of ultimate dissolution, I do not know the directions, nor do I find peace. Be gracious, O Lord of gods, Abode of the universe.

Words meanings summery:

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दंष्ट्राकरालानि (daṁṣṭrākarālāni) - terrible with fangs, dreadful with teeth

च (ca) - and

ते (te) - your, of you

मुखानि (mukhāni) - faces, mouths

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

कालानलसंनिभानि (kālānalasaṁnibhāni) - resembling the fire of time/dissolution

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions

न (na) - not, no

जाने (jāne) - I know

न (na) - not, no

लभे (labhe) - I obtain, I find

च (ca) - and

शर्म (śarma) - peace, happiness, joy

प्रसीद (prasīda) - be gracious, be pleased

देवेश (deveśa) - O Lord of gods

जगन्निवास (jagannivāsa) - O Abode of the universe

Words meanings and morphology

दंष्ट्राकरालानि (daṁṣṭrākarālāni) - terrible with fangs, dreadful with teeth

(adjective)

neuter, plural of daṃṣṭrākarāla

daṁṣṭrākarāla - terrible with fangs, dreadful with teeth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daṃṣṭrā+karāla)

daṃṣṭrā – fang, tusk, canine tooth
noun (feminine)
karāla – dreadful, terrible, formidable, gaping
adjective (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मुखानि (mukhāni) - faces, mouths

(noun)

neuter, plural of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

formed from root √dṛś with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

कालानलसंनिभानि (kālānalasaṁnibhāni) - resembling the fire of time/dissolution

(adjective)

neuter, plural of kālānalasaṃnibha

kālānalasaṁnibha - resembling the fire of time/dissolution, like the destructive fire at the end of an eon

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kālānala+saṃnibha)

kālānala – fire of time, fire of destruction (at the end of an eon)
noun (masculine)
saṃnibha – resembling, like, equal to
adjective (masculine)
Prefix: sam

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जाने (jāne) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)