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Chapter 10

Chapter 10 · Verse 27

Vibhuti Yoga

विभूतियोग

उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम् | ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् ||१०-२७||

uccaiḥśravasamaśvānāṃ viddhi māmamṛtodbhavam . airāvataṃ gajendrāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ ca narādhipam ||10-27||

In plain words

Nectar was obtained by the gods by churning the ocean of milk. Ucchaisravas is the name of the royal horse which was born in that ocean of milk when it was churned for the nectar. Airavatam The offspring of Iravati the elephant of Indra born at the time when the ocean of milk was churned.

Translation

10.27 Of horses know Me to be Uccaihsravas the nectar-born. Of lordly elephants, I am Airavata, and of men, I am the monarch.

Meaning

Nectar was obtained by the gods by churning the ocean of milk. Ucchaisravas is the name of the royal horse which was born in that ocean of milk when it was churned for the nectar. Airavatam The offspring of Iravati the elephant of Indra born at the time when the ocean of milk was churned.

Word by word

उच्चैःश्रवसम् Ucchaisravas अश्वानम् among horses विद्धि know माम् Me अमृतोद्भवम् born of nectar,ऐरावतम् Airavata गजेन्द्राणाम् among lordly elephants नराणाम् among men च and नराधिपम् the king.