Seeing Your fanged mouths resembling the fires of cosmic dissolution, I lose my sense of direction and find no peace. Be gracious, O Lord of the gods, O abode of the universe.
The sons of Dhritarashtra, along with multitudes of kings and Bhishma, Drona, and Karna, and our chief warriors, all rush into Your flaming mouths.
Some are seen caught between Your teeth with their heads crushed. As rivers flow into the ocean, so do these heroes enter Your blazing mouths.
As moths rush with great speed into a blazing fire to perish, even so, these creatures swiftly enter Your mouths to meet their doom.
Swallowing all the worlds on every side, You are seen devouring them with flaming mouths. Your effulgence fills the entire universe and burns it, O Vishnu.
Tell me who You are, of fearful form. I bow to You, O Supreme God; be merciful. I wish to understand You as the primal being, for I do not comprehend Your activity.
The Blessed Lord said: I am Time, the destroyer of the world, and I have come here to annihilate all people. Even without your participation, all the warriors will perish.
