The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

╭ chapter eleven
I forget where I am and I have no place to go. O Lord,
you are the support of the universe; have mercy on me!
26
I see all the sons of Dhritarashtra; I see Bhishma,
Drona, and Karna; I see our warriors and all the kings
who are here to fight. 27 All are rushing into your awful
jaws; I see some of them crushed by your teeth. 28 As
rivers flow into the ocean, all the warriors of this
world are passing into your fiery jaws; 29 all creatures
rush to their destruction like moths into a flame.
30
You lap the worlds into your burning mouths and
swallow them. Filled with your terrible radiance,
O Vishnu, the whole of creation bursts into flames.
31
Tell me who you are, O Lord of terrible form.
I bow before you; have mercy! I want to know
who you are, you who existed before all creation.
Your nature and workings confound me.
krishna
32
I am time, the destroyer of all; I have come to
consume the world. Even without your participation,
all the warriors gathered here will die.
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