Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verse 23-30 from the Tenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 23:

रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम् |

वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरु: शिखरिणामहम् || 23||

rudrāṇāṁ śhaṅkaraśh chāsmi vitteśho yakṣha-rakṣhasām

vasūnāṁ pāvakaśh chāsmi meruḥ śhikhariṇām aham

🔴 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. || 23 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 24:

पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् |

सेनानीनामहं स्कन्द: सरसामस्मि सागर: || 24||

purodhasāṁ cha mukhyaṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha bṛihaspatim

senānīnām ahaṁ skandaḥ sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ

🔴 O son of Prtha, know me to be Brhaspati, the foremost among the priests of kings. Among comanders of armies I am Skanda; among large expanses of water I am the sea. || 24 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 25:

महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् |

यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालय: || 25||

maharṣhīṇāṁ bhṛigur ahaṁ girām asmyekam akṣharam

yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ

🔴 Among the great sages I am Bhrgu; of words I am the single syllable (Om) [Om is the best because it is the name as well as the symbol of Brahman.]. Among rituals I am the ritual of Japa [Japa, muttering prayers-repeating passages from the Vedas, silently repeating names of deities, etc. Rituals often involve killing of animals. But Japa is free from such injury, and hence the best.] of the immovables, the Himalaya. || 25 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 26:

अश्वत्थ: सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारद: |

गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथ: सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनि: || 26||

aśhvatthaḥ sarva-vṛikṣhāṇāṁ devarṣhīṇāṁ cha nāradaḥ

gandharvāṇāṁ chitrarathaḥ siddhānāṁ kapilo muniḥ

🔴 Among all trees (I am) the Asvatha (peepul), and Narada among the divine sages. Among the dandharvas [A class of demigods regarded as the musicians of gods.] (I am) Citraratha; among the perfected ones, the sage Kapila. || 26 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 27:

उच्चै:श्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम् |

ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् || 27||

uchchaiḥśhravasam aśhvānāṁ viddhi mām amṛitodbhavam

airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ cha narādhipam

🔴 Among horses, know Me to be Uccaihsravas, born of nectar; Airavata among the lordly elephants; and among men, the King of men. [Uccaihsravas and Airavata are respectively the divine horse and elephant of Indra.] || 27 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 28:

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् |

प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्प: सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकि: || 28||

āyudhānām ahaṁ vajraṁ dhenūnām asmi kāmadhuk

prajanaśh chāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ

🔴 Among weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am kamadhenu. I am Kandarpa, the Progenitor, and among serpents I am Vasuki. || 28 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 29:

अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् |

पितृणामर्यमा चास्मि यम: संयमतामहम् || 29||

anantaśh chāsmi nāgānāṁ varuṇo yādasām aham

pitṝīṇām aryamā chāsmi yamaḥ sanyamatām aham

🔴 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). || 29 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 30:

प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां काल: कलयतामहम् |

मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम् || 30||

prahlādaśh chāsmi daityānāṁ kālaḥ kalayatām aham

mṛigāṇāṁ cha mṛigendro ’haṁ vainateyaśh cha pakṣhiṇām

🔴 Among demons I am Prahlada, and I am Time among reckoners of time. And among animals I am the loin, and among birds I am Garuda. || 30 ||