Sanskrit
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि । केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu saṃdṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ
Translation
Into Thy gaping mouths they hurrying rush, Tremendous-toothed and terrible to see; Some caught within the gaps between Thy teeth Are seen, their heads to powder crushed and ground.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Verse 25 gave Arjuna the simile — teeth “like Time’s destroying flames.” Here the simile stops being a comparison and becomes a scene: actual heads, ground to powder, lodged between actual fangs. The word “tvaramāṇāḥ,” hurrying, is doing quiet, terrible work — nobody is being pulled in against their will, they are rushing toward it, which is the detail the next two verses build their similes around.