Viśvarūpa-Darśana Yoga · Verse 29

यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः | तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः

yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddha-vegāḥ | tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokās tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddha-vegāḥ

As moths enter with increased speed into a blazing flame for their destruction, so do these worlds enter into Your mouths with increased speed for their destruction.

Another analogy: moths and fire. Pradīptam jvalanam — blazing flame — attractive but deadly. Pataṅgāḥ — moths — fatally attracted.

Samṛddha-vegāḥ — with increased speed — the inevitable inclination toward destruction. Nāśāya — for destruction — the final destiny.

Narā lokāḥ — human beings, worlds — tava vaktrāṇi — into Your mouths — api — even — all are included in devouring time.