Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 11: The Vision of the Cosmic Form
Bhagavad Gita 11.27
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni | kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu saṃdṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ ||
are rushing into your fearsome mouths with their terrible tusks. Some can be seen caught between your teeth, their heads crushed.
Modern context
The image is violent and unflinching: warriors rushing into the mouths, some caught between the teeth, their heads crushed. The Gita does not soften what war means. This is what will happen on this field, and Arjuna is made to see it. The vision is not meant to glorify death, but to show that it is already within a larger order, whether or not any one person acts.