BG 10.31
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् ।
- झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥३१॥
- pavanaḥ pavatām asmi
- rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham
- jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraś cāsmi
- srotasām asmi jāhnavī
SYNONYMS
pavanaḥ—the wind; pavatām—of all that purifies; asmi—I am; rāmaḥ—Rāma; śastra-bhṛtām—of the carriers of weapons; aham—I am; jhaṣāṇām—of all fish; makaraḥ—the shark; ca—also; asmi—I am; srotasām—of flowing rivers; asmi—I am; jāhnavī—the River Ganges.
TRANSLATION
Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rāma, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.
PURPORT
Of all the aquatics the shark is one of the biggest and is certainly the most dangerous to man. Thus the shark represents Kṛṣṇa.