Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 11 - Verse 22
The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Vishvadevas, Ashvinikumaras, Marutas, the forefathers, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Asuras and Siddhas behold You and are struck with awe.
The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Vishvadevas, Ashvinikumaras, Marutas, the forefathers, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Asuras and Siddhas behold You and are struck with awe.
Seeing this immense form of Yours with it’s unlimited mouths, eyes, arms, legs, feet and bellies, dreadful with it’s many teeth – all of mankind, and myself, are terrified.
O Vishnu, upon seeing Your brilliant form of many colors touching the sky, with its huge open mouths and massive blazing eyes, I shudder within and can no longer maintain my mental equilibrium nor remain peaceful.
Seeing Your many mouths with their terrifying teeth, fiery like the flames of the universal annihilation, I have lost all sense of direction and composure. Be kind upon me, O Master of the demigods, O supreme shelter of the universe.
All the sons of Dhritarashtra, their royal allies, as well as Bhishma, Drona, Karna and also the best fighters in our army, are all hurtling into Your terrible mouths with their frightening teeth. Some I see with their heads caught and pulverized between Your teeth.
Just as rivers flow towards the ocean and finally enter it, similarly all these famous heroes enter into Your fiery mouths.
Just as moths rush to their deaths by entering fire, all the worlds rush into Your mouths to their destruction.
You repeatedly lick Your lips as You devour all around You with Your fiery mouths. O Vishnu, pervading the entire universe with Your brilliant rays, You incinerate it.
With such a terrifying form, please tell me who You are. Of best of all divinities, be merciful unto me. O origin of all, I desire to know You, for I cannot fully understand Your activities.
Bhagavan Shri Krishna said: Time I am, the mighty destroyer of worlds, and I come to vanquish all living beings. Even without your participation, all the warriors on the opposite side of the battlefield will be killed.