Bhagavad Gita · 10.30
॥
Devanāgarī
प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् ।
मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
prahlādaś cāsmi daityānāṁ kālaḥ kalayatām aham |
mṛgāṇāṁ ca mṛgendro 'haṁ vainateyaś ca pakṣiṇām ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
प्रह्लादः च अस्मिprahlādaḥ ca asmiand I am Prahlāda
दैत्यानाम्daityānāmof the Daityas (demons)
कालःkālaḥtime
कलयताम् अहम्kalayatām ahamof all subduers/reckoners I
मृगाणाम् चmṛgāṇām caand of beasts
मृगेन्द्रः अहम्mṛgendraḥ ahamI am the king of beasts (the lion)
वैनतेयः चvainateyaḥ caand Vainateya (Garuḍa)
पक्षिणाम्pakṣiṇāmof birds
Translation
“Of the Daitya demons I am Prahlāda; of all subduers I am time. Of beasts I am the lion, and of birds, Garuḍa.”
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