Sanskrit
अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य- मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् । पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम् स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥
anādimadhyāntam anantavīryam anantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃ svatejasā viśvam idaṃ tapantam
Translation
Nor source, nor midst, nor end; infinite force, unnumbered arms, the sun and moon Thine eyes I see Thy face, as sacrificial fire blazing, its splendour burneth up the worlds.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The sun and moon as eyes (śaśisūryanetram) is cosmic-body imagery with deep roots in Vedic hymns to Puruṣa, but the line that follows turns it dangerous: a mouth like blazing sacrificial fire, scorching the universe by its own radiance. This is the pivot verse — description shifts here from awe-struck cataloguing toward something closer to threat, setting up the mouths-as-devouring-jaws imagery that dominates verses 25 through 30.