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CHAPTER XI, 32.
resembling the fire of destruction, I cannot recognise the (various) directions, I feel no comfort. Be gracious, o lord of gods! who pervadest the universe. And all these sons of Dhritarashtra, together with all the bands of kings, and Bhishma and Drona, and this charioteer's son' likewise, together with our principal warriors also, are rapidly entering your mouths, fearful and horrific by (reason of your) jaws. And some with their heads smashed are seen (to be) stuck in the spaces between the teeth. As the many rapid currents of a river's waters run towards the sea alone, so do these heroes of the human world enter your mouths blazing all round. As butterflies, with increased velocity, enter a blazing fire to their destruction, so too do these people enter your mouths with increased velocity (only) to their destruction. Swallowing all these people, you are licking them over and over again from all sides, with your blazing mouths. Your fierce splendours, O Vishnu! filling the whole universe with (their) effulgence, are heating it. Tell me who you are in this fierce form. Salutations be to thee, O chief of the gods! Be gracious. I wish to know you, the primeval one, for I do not understand your actions.
The Deity said : I am death, the destroyer of the worlds, fully developed, and I am now active about the over
'l.e. Kamna, wbo was really the eldest brother of the Pandavas, bot baving beeo immediately on birth abandoned by Kunif, was brought up by a charioteer. Karna was told of his true origin by Bhishma on his deathbed, and advised to join the Pandavas, but he declined.
By reason of the ruggedacss and distortion of face.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |