पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् |
झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ||१०-३१||
pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham .
jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī ||10-31||
Hindi Translation
।।10.31।। मैं पवित्र करने वालों में वायु हूँ और शस्त्रधारियों में राम हूँ; तथा मत्स्यों (जलचरों) में मैं मगरमच्छ और नदियों में मैं गंगा हूँ।।
English Translation
"10.31 Among the purifiers (or the speeders) I am the wind; Rama among the warriors am I; among the fishes I am the shark; among the streams I am the Ganga."
Word Meanings
10.31 पवनः the wind? पवताम् among purifiers or the speeders? अस्मि (I) am? रामः Rama? शस्त्रभृताम् among wielders of weapons (warriors)? अहम् I? झषाणाम् among fishes? मकरः Makara (shark)? च and? अस्मि (I) am? स्रोतसाम् among streams? अस्मि (I) am? जाह्नवी the Ganga.Commentary The holy river Ganga (spelt Ganges in English) was swallowed by Jahnu when she was being brought down by Bhagiratha from heaven. Hence the name Jahnavi for Ganga.
Source
Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Chapter
Vibhuti Yoga
Verse
10.31