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Bhagavad-gītā 11.39
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 39
- वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः
- प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च ।
- नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः
- पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ॥३९॥
- vāyur yamo 'gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ
- prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaś ca
- namo namas te 'stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ
- punaś ca bhūyo 'pi namo namas te
vāyuḥair — air; yamaḥthe controller — the controller; agniḥfire — fire; varuṇaḥwater — water; śaśathe moon-aṅkaḥthe moon — the moon; prajāpatiḥBrahmā — Brahmā; tvamYou — You; prapitāmahaḥthe great-grandfather — the great-grandfather; caalso — also; namaḥmy respects — my respects; namaḥagain my respects — again my respects; teunto You — unto You; astulet there be — let there be; sahasraa thousand times-kṛtvaḥa thousand times — a thousand times; punaḥand again caand again — and again; bhūyaḥagain — again; apialso — also; namaḥoffering my respects — offering my respects; namaḥoffering my respects unto You teoffering my respects unto You — offering my respects unto You.
You are air, and You are the supreme controller! You are fire, You are water, and You are the moon! You are Brahmā, the first living creature, and You are the great-grandfather. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You a thousand times, and again and yet again!
The Lord is addressed here as air because the air is the most important representation of all the demigods, being all-pervasive. Arjuna also addresses Kṛṣṇa as the great-grandfather because He is the father of Brahmā, the first living creature in the universe.