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Bhagavad-gītā 10.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् ।
- मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम् ॥३०॥
- prahlādaś cāsmi daityānāṁ
- kālaḥ kalayatām aham
- mṛgāṇāṁ ca mṛgendro 'haṁ
- vainateyaś ca pakṣiṇām
prahlādaḥPrahlāda — Prahlāda; caalso — also; asmiI am — I am; daityānāmof the demons — of the demons; kālaḥtime — time; kalayatāmof subduers — of subduers; ahamI am — I am; mṛgāṇāmof animals — of animals; caand — and; mṛgathe lion-indraḥthe lion — the lion; ahamI am — I am; vainateyaḥGaruḍa — Garuḍa; caalso — also; pakṣiṇāmof birds — of birds.
Among the Daitya demons I am the devoted Prahlāda, among subduers I am time, among beasts I am the lion, and among birds I am Garuḍa.
Diti and Aditi are two sisters. The sons of Aditi are called Ādityas, and the sons of Diti are called Daityas. All the Ādityas are devotees of the Lord, and all the Daityas are atheistic. Although Prahlāda was born in the family of the Daityas, he was a great devotee from his childhood. Because of his devotional service and godly nature, he is considered to be a representative of Kṛṣṇa.
There are many subduing principles, but time wears down all things in the material universe and so represents Kṛṣṇa. Of the many animals, the lion is the most powerful and ferocious, and of the million varieties of birds, Garuḍa, the bearer of Lord Viṣṇu, is the greatest.