BG 10.29
Bhagavad Gītā · Vibhūti YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् | पितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम् ||१०-२९||
anantaścāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasāmaham . pitṝṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatāmaham ||10-29||
Linguistic facts
Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables
scansion (laghu/guru)
14 words analyzed
- अनन्तस्anantas← अन्nominal · nominative plural masculine
- चca← चnominal · vocative singular masculine
- अस्मिasmi← अस्verb · present first singular active (√as)
- नागानाम्nāgānām← नागnominal · genitive plural masculine
- वरुणस्varuṇas← वरुणnominal · nominative singular masculine
- यादसाम्yādasām← यादस्nominal · genitive plural neuter
- अहम्aham← अहnominal · nominative singular neuter
- पितॄणामर्यमाpitṝṇāmaryamāunknown
- चca← चnominal · vocative singular masculine
- अस्मिasmi← अस्verb · present first singular active (√as)
- यमस्yamas← यम्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- सम्sam← सnominal · accusative singular masculine
- यमताम्yamatām← यम्nominal · genitive plural masculine
- अहम्aham← अहnominal · nominative singular neuter
Facts come from Vidyut (deterministic), never the model. Automated segmentation isn’t hand-verified — gaps are shown, not guessed.
Translations
10.29 I am Ananta among the Nagas; I am Varuna among water-deities; Aryaman among the Manes I am; I am Yama among the governors.
source ↗8 more attributed translations
Of the many-hooded Nāgas I am Ananta, and among the aquatics I am the demigod Varuṇa. Of departed ancestors I am Aryamā, and among the dispensers of law I am Yama, the lord of death.
10.29. Of the snakes, I am Ananta; of the water-beings (water-deities), I am varuna; of the manes, I am Aryaman; of the controllers, I am Yama (the Death-god).
10.29 I am the King-python among snakes, I am the Aqueous Principle among those that live in water, I am the Father of fathers, and among rulers I am Death.
10.29 See Comment under 10.42
10.26 - 10.29 Of trees I am Asvattha which is worthy of worship. Of celestial seers I am Narada. Kamadhuk is the divine cow. I am Kandarpa, the cause of progeny. Sarpas are single-headed snakes while Nagas are many-headed snakes. Aatic creatures are known as Yadamsi. Of them I am Varuna. Of subdures, I am Yama, the son of the sun-god.
10.29 Naganam, among snakes, of a particular species of snakes; asmi, I am Ananta, the King of snakes. And Varuna, the King yadasam, of the gods of the waters. Pitrnam, among the manes; I am the King of the manes, named Aryama. And samyamatam, among the maintainers of law and order I am Yama.
10.29 Of snakes, I am Ananta. Of aatic-beings I am Varuna. Of manes, I am Aryama. Of subduers, I am Yama.
10.29 Among snakes I am Ananta, and Varuna among gods of the waters. Among the manes I am Aryama, and among the maintainers of law and order I am Yama (King of death).
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