BG 11.26-27

अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः ।
भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौ सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ॥
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
amī ca tvāṁ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ
sarve sahaivāvani-pāla-saṅghaiḥ
bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūta-putras tathāsau
sahāsmadīyair api yodha-mukhyaiḥ
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti
daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni
kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu
sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ

Word-for-word meanings

sarve — all;  amī — these;  putrāḥ — sons;  dhṛtarāṣṭrasya — of Dhṛtarāṣṭra;  saha — along with;  saṅghaiḥ — the hosts;  avani-pāla — [of] kings [lit., protectors of the earth];  eva — indeed;  ca — as well as;  bhīṣmaḥ — Bhīṣma;  droṇaḥ — Droṇa;  tathā — and;  asau — that;  sūta-putraḥ — Karṇa;  saha — together with;  yodha-mukhyaiḥ — the chief warriors;  asmadīyaiḥ — of ours;  api — also;  tvaramāṇāḥ — are rushing;  tvām — toward You;  viśanti — entering;  te — Your;  bhayānakāni — dreadful;  vaktrāṇi — jaws;  daṁṣṭrā-karālāni — with terrifying fangs;  kecit — some [of these warriors];  sandṛśyante — are seen;  uttama-aṅgaiḥ — [with] heads;  cūrṇitaiḥ — smashed;  vilagnāḥ — stuck;  daśana-antareṣu — between Your teeth.

Translation

All these sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, along with the hosts of kings, as well as Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and Karṇa, together with the chief warriors on our side, are rushing toward You, entering Your dreadful jaws with terrifying fangs. Some of these warriors can be seen with smashed heads stuck between Your teeth.

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