Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 25

दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि । दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास

daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni | diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa

Translation

Having seen Thy mouths which are fearful with tusks and resemble Time's Fires, I know not the four quarters, nor do I find peace; be Thou gracious! O Lord of Gods and Abode of the Universe!

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

daṃṣṭrākarālāni

with teeth, terrible

ca

and

te

thy

mukhāni

mouths

dṛṣṭvā

having seen

eva

even

kālānalasannibhāni

of time, of the fire, and, resembling

diśaḥ

quarters

na

not

jāne

know

na

not

labhe

obtain

ca

and

śarma

protection

prasīda

be pleased

deveśa

of the Gods, O Lord

jagannivāsa

of the world, O dwelling

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Time's Fires: the fires which consume the worlds at the time of dissolution (pralaya). I know not the four quarters: I cannot distinguish the East and the West, I cannot discriminate the different quarters.