Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 28

यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति । तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति

yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ samudramevābhimukhā dravanti | tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti

Translation

As many torrents of rivers flow direct towards the sea, so do these heroes in the world of men enter Thy flaming mouths.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yathā

as

nadīnām

of rivers

bahavaḥ

many

ambuvegāḥ

of waters, the currents

samudram

to the ocean

eva

even

abhimukhāḥ

facing towards

dravanti

run

tathā

so

tava

of Thee

amī

these

naralokavīrāḥ

of men, in the world, heroes

viśanti

enter

vaktrāṇi

mouths

abhivijvalanti

blazing

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

These: such as Bhīṣma.