Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 29

यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः । तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका- स्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः

yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ | tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokā- stavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ

Translation

As moths hurriedly rush into a blazing fire for destruction, just so do these creatures also hurriedly rush into Thy mouths for destruction.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yathā

as

pradīptam

blazing

jvalanam

flame

pataṅgāḥ

moths

viśanti

enter

nāśāya

to destruction

samṛddhavegāḥ

increased, velocity, whose, they

tathā

so

eva

even

nāśāya

to destruction

viśanti

enter

lokāḥ

the people

tava

of Thee

api

also

vaktrāṇi

mouths

samṛddhavegāḥ

(with) increased velocity