BG 11.25

दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि ।
दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥
daṁṣṭrā-karālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānala-sannibhāni
diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagan-nivāsa

Word-for-word meanings

dṛṣṭvā — seeing;  eva — indeed;  te — Your;  mukhāni — faces;  daṁṣṭrā-karālāni — [with] terrible fangs;  ca — and;  sannibhāni — resembling;  kāla-anala — the fire of dissolution;  na jāne — I cannot distinguish;  diśaḥ — the directions;  ca — and;  na labhe — nor can I find;  śarma — peace;  deva-īśa — O Master of the devas;  jagat-nivāsa — O Abode of the Cosmos;  prasīda — be merciful [unto me].

Translation

Indeed, seeing Your faces with terrible fangs and blazing like the fire of dissolution, I cannot distinguish one direction from another, nor can I find peace. O Master of the devas, O Abode of the Cosmos, be merciful unto me.

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