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Bhagavad-gītā 10.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् ।
- झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥३१॥
- pavanaḥ pavatām asmi
- rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham
- jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraś cāsmi
- srotasām asmi jāhnavī
pavanaḥthe wind — the wind; pavatāmof all that purifies — of all that purifies; asmiI am — I am; rāmaḥRāma — Rāma; śastraof the carriers of weapons-bhṛtāmof the carriers of weapons — of the carriers of weapons; ahamI am — I am; jhaṣāṇāmof all fish — of all fish; makaraḥthe shark — the shark; caalso — also; asmiI am — I am; srotasāmof flowing rivers — of flowing rivers; asmiI am — I am; jāhnavīthe River Ganges — the River Ganges.
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.
Of all the aquatics the shark is one of the biggest and is certainly the most dangerous to man. Thus the shark represents Kṛṣṇa.