BG 10.31
TEXT 31
- पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् ।
- झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥३१॥
- pavanaḥ pavatām asmi
- rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham
- jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraś cāsmi
- srotasām asmi jāhnavī
SYNONYMS
pavanaḥ — the wind; pavatām — of all that purifies; asmi — I am; rāmaḥ — Rāma; śastra-bhṛtām — of the carriers of weapons; aham — I am; jhaṣāṇām — of all fish; makaraḥ — the shark; ca — also; asmi — I am; srotasām — of flowing rivers; asmi — I am; jāhnavī — the River Ganges.
TRANSLATION
Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rāma, 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 Kṛṣṇa.