BG 11.29
यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः ।
तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥
तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥
yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddha-vegāḥ
tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokās tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddha-vegāḥ
tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokās tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddha-vegāḥ
Word-for-word meanings
yathā — as; pataṅgāḥ — moths; viśanti — enter; pradīptam — a blazing; jvalanam — fire; samṛddha — [with] great; vegāḥ — speed; nāśāya — for destruction; tathā eva — similarly; lokāḥ — [these] people; api — also; viśanti — are entering; tava — Your; vaktrāṇi — mouths; samṛddha-vegāḥ — with great speed; nāśāya — for doom.
Translation
As moths enter a blazing fire with great speed only for self-destruction, similarly these people too are rushing into Your mouths with great speed to meet their doom.