BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:31

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:31

 

pavanah pavatam asmi

ramah sastra-bhrtam aham

jhasanam makaras casmi

srotasam asmi jahnavi

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

pavanah--the wind; pavatam--of all that purifies; asmi--I am;

ramah--Rama; sastra-bhrtam--of the carriers of weapons; aham--I am;

jhasanam--of all fish; makarah--the shark; ca--also; asmi--I am;

srotasam--of flowing rivers; asmi--I am; jahnavi--the River Ganges.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rama, 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 Krsna.

 

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