Bhagavad Gita · 10.31
॥
Devanāgarī
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् ।
झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pavanaḥ pavatām asmi rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham |
jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraś cāsmi srotasām asmi jāhnavī ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
पवनःpavanaḥthe wind
पवताम् अस्मिpavatām asmiof all that purifies, I
रामःrāmaḥRāma
शस्त्रभृताम्śastra-bhṛtāmof wielders of weapons
अहम्ahamI
झषाणाम्jhaṣāṇāmof fishes and dwellers in the waters
मकरः च अस्मिmakaraḥ ca asmiand I am the shark
स्रोतसाम्srotasāmof rivers
अस्मि जाह्नवीasmi jāhnavīI am the Ganges
Translation
“Of all that purifies, I am the wind. Of wielders of weapons I am Rāma. Of fishes I am the shark, and of rivers I am the Ganges.”
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