Bhagavad Gita · 10.23
॥
Devanāgarī
रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम् ।
वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rudrāṇāṁ śaṅkaraś cāsmi vitteśo yakṣa-rakṣasām |
vasūnāṁ pāvakaś cāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇām aham ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
रुद्राणाम्rudrāṇāmof the Rudras
शङ्करः च अस्मिśaṅkaraḥ ca asmiI am Śaṅkara (Lord Śiva)
वित्तेशःvitteśaḥthe lord of wealth (Kubera)
यक्षरक्षसाम्yakṣa-rakṣasāmamong the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas
वसूनाम्vasūnāmof the Vasus
पावकः च अस्मिpāvakaḥ ca asmiI am Pāvaka (Agni, the god of fire)
मेरुःmeruḥMeru
शिखरिणाम्śikhariṇāmamong mountains
अहम्ahamI
Translation
“Of the Rudras I am Lord Śiva; among the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas I am Kubera, lord of wealth. Of the Vasus I am Agni, the god of fire, and of mountains I am Mount Meru.”
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