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Chapter 10

Chapter 10 · Verse 37

Vibhuti Yoga

विभूतियोग

वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः | मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ||१०-३७||

vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo.asmi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanañjayaḥ . munīnāmapyahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnāmuśanā kaviḥ ||10-37||

In plain words

Vrishnis are Yadavas or the descendants of Yadu. I am the foremost among them. Usanas is Sukracharya the preceptor of the demons.

Translation

10.37 Of Vrsnis I am Vasudeva. Of Pandavas, I am Arjuna. Of sages I am Vyasa and of seers, I am Usana (Sukra).

Meaning

Vrishnis are Yadavas or the descendants of Yadu. I am the foremost among them. Usanas is Sukracharya the preceptor of the demons.

Word by word

वृष्णीनाम among the Vrishnis वासुदेवः Vaasudeva अस्मि (I) am पाण्डवानाम् among the Pandavas धनञ्जयः Dhananjaya मुनीनाम् among the sages अपि also अहम् I व्यासः Vyasa कवीनाम् among poets उशनाः Usanas कविः the poet.