10.27 Among men, the king Krishna speaks
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्
ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम्
uchchaiḥśhravasam aśhvānāṁ viddhi mām amṛitodbhavam
airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ cha narādhipam
Among horses know me as the one born of the churning of nectar; among elephants, Airavata; and among men, the king.
Explanation
Among men, the king.
Uchchaihshravas among horses, Airavata among elephants — and narādhipam, the ruler, among people.
Spoken to a man about to win a kingdom, by his charioteer. The list is not neutral furniture: several of its entries are aimed.
Word by word
- uchchaiḥśhravasam
- Uchchaihshrava
- aśhvānām
- amongst horses
- viddhi
- know
- mām
- me
- amṛita-udbhavam
- begotten from the churning of the ocean of nectar
- airāvatam
- Airavata
- gaja-indrāṇām
- amongst all lordly elephants
- narāṇām
- amongst humans
- cha
- and
- nara-adhipam
- the king
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