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BG 10.23

Bhagavad Gītā · Vibhūti YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)

रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम् | वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ||१०-२३||

rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām . vasūnāṃ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham ||10-23||

Linguistic facts

Meter · chandasVidyut

Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables

scansion (laghu/guru)
ruGdrāGṇāṃGśaGṅkaLraGścāGsmiLviGtteGśoGyaGkṣaLraGkṣaLsāmG
vaLGnāṃGGvaLkaGścāGsmiLmeGruḥGśiLkhaLriLṇāGmaLhamL
Sandhi · pada-pāṭhaVidyut
रुद्राणाम्शङ्करस्अस्मिवित्तेशस्यक्षरक्षसाम्वस्ऊनाम्पावकस्अस्मिमाईर्उस्शिखरिणामहम्
Word-by-word morphologyVidyut
15 words analyzed
  • रुद्राणाम्rudrāṇāmरुद्रnominal · genitive plural neuter
  • शङ्करस्śaṅkarasशंकरnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • canominal · vocative singular masculine
  • अस्मिasmiअस्verb · present first singular active (√as)
  • वित्तेशस्vitteśasवित्तेशnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • यक्षरक्षसाम्yakṣarakṣasāmunknown
  • वस्vasअव्nominal · nominative plural masculine
  • ऊनाम्ūnāmnominal · genitive plural masculine
  • पावकस्pāvakasपावकnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • canominal · vocative singular masculine
  • अस्मिasmiअस्verb · present first singular active (√as)
  • मामाnominal · vocative singular neuter
  • ईर्īrईर्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • उस्usnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • शिखरिणामहम्śikhariṇāmahamunknown
Recitationtool-derived · pending

Facts come from Vidyut (deterministic), never the model. Automated segmentation isn’t hand-verified — gaps are shown, not guessed.

Translations

Swami SivanandaRelay

10.23 And, among the Rudras I am Sankara; among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, the Lord of wealth (Kubera); among the Vasus I am Pavaka (fire); and among the (seven) mountains I am the Meru.

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8 more attributed translations
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaRelay

Of all the Rudras I am Lord Śiva, of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas I am the Lord of wealth [Kuvera], of the Vasus I am fire [Agni], and of mountains I am Meru.

Dr.S.SankaranarayanRelay

10.23. And of the Rudras, I am Sankara; of the Yaksas and the Raksas, [I am] the Lord-of-Wealth (Kubera); of the Vasus, I am the Fire-god; of the mountains, I am the Meru.

Shri Purohit SwamiRelay

10.23 Among Forces of Vitality I am the life, I am Mammon to the heathen and the godless; I am the Energy in fire, earth, wind, sky, heaven, sun, moon and planets; and among mountains am the Mount Meru.

Sri Abhinav GuptaRelay

10.23 See Comment under 10.42

Sri RamanujaRelay

10.23 Of eleven Rudras I am Sankara. Of Yaksas and Raksasas I am Kubera, son of Visravas. Among the eight Vasus I am Agni. Of mountains, namely, of those mountains which shine with peaks, I am Meru.

Sri ShankaracharyaRelay

10.23 Rudranam, among the eleven Rudras, I am Sankara; and yaksaraksasam, among the Yaksas and goblins; I am vittesah, Kubera. Vasunam, among the eight Vasus; I am pavakah, Fire; and sikharinam, among the peaked mountains, I am Meru.

Swami AdidevanandaRelay

10.23 Of the Rudras I am Sankara. Of the Yaksas and Raksasas, I am the Lord of wealth (Kubera). Of the Vasus, I am Agni; of the mountains, I am Meru.

Swami GambiranandaRelay

10.23 Among the Rudras [Aja, Ekapada, Ahirbudhnya, Pinaki, Aparajita, Tryam-baka, Mahesvara, Vrsakapi, Sambhu, Harana and Isvara. Different Puranas give different lists of eleven names.-Tr,] I am Sankara, and among the Yaksas and goblins I am Kubera [God of wealth. Yaksas are a class of demigods who attend on him and guard his wealth.]. Among the Vasus [According to the V.P. they are: Apa, dhruva, Soma, Dharma, Anila, Anala (Fire), Pratyusa and Prabhasa. The Mbh. and the Bh. given a different list.-Tr.] I am Fire, and among the mountains I am Meru.

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