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Bhagavad Gita · 10.28 · Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God·28 of 42

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक्प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः

āyudhānām ahaṁ vajraṁ dhenūnām asmi kāmadhuk

prajanaśh chāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ

Sanskrit recitation

Glory in the world you already know · 10.19–10.42 · Teaching

Translation

Among weapons, I am the thunderbolt; among cows, I am the wish-fulfilling cow called Kamadhenu; I am the progenitor, the god of love; among serpents, I am Vasuki.

Meaning

Vajram the thunderbolt weapon made of the bones of Dadhichi an implement of warfare which can only be handled by Indra who has fininshed a hundred sacrifices.Kamadhuk The cow Kamadhenu of the great sage Vasishtha which yielded all the desired objects, also born of the ocean of milk.Kandarpa Cupid.Vasuki The Lord of hoodless or ordinary serpents.Sarpa (serpent) has only one head. Vasuki is yellowcoloured. Nagas have many heads. Ananta is firecoloured.Sridhara says that the Sarpa is poisonous and the Naga is nonpoisonous. Sri Ramanuja says that Sarpa has only one head and Naga has many heads.

After Swami Sivananda

Glory in the world you already know· 10.19–10.42

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
cha
and
aham
I
asmi
I am
vajram
the Vajra (thunderbolt)
dhenūnām
amongst cows
kāma-dhuk
Kamdhenu
prajanaḥ
amongst causes for procreation
vāsukiḥ
serpent Vasuki
kandarpaḥ
Kaamdev, the god of love
sarpāṇām
amongst serpents
āyudhānām
amongst weapons

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