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पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्। झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी।।10.31।।

pavanaḥ pavatām asmi rāmaḥ śhastra-bhṛitām aham jhaṣhāṇāṁ makaraśh chāsmi srotasām asmi jāhnavī

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 10, Verse 31
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Among the purifiers, I am the wind; among the warriors, I am Rama; among the fishes, I am the shark; among the streams, I am the Ganga.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: among purifiers, he is the wind, among warriors, Rama, among fish, the shark, among rivers, the Ganges, continuing the pattern into elements and geography specific to purification and cleansing.

In life: some things in your life serve a genuinely purifying, clarifying function, a particular habit, place, or relationship, worth recognizing and naming specifically rather than treating all your routines as equally significant.

Teaching: identify the specific habit, place, or relationship in your own life that actually serves this kind of purifying, clarifying function, and give it more deliberate attention than your other, less essential routines.

pavanaḥthe wind
pavatāmof all that purifies
asmiI am
rāmaḥRam
śhastra-bhṛitāmof the carriers of weapons
ahamI am
jhaṣhāṇāmof all acquatics
makaraḥcrocodile
chaalso
asmiI am
srotasāmof flowing rivers
asmiI am
jāhnavīthe Ganges

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
10.31 पवनः the wind? पवताम् among purifiers or the speeders? अस्मि (I) am? रामः Rama? शस्त्रभृताम् among wielders of weapons (warriors)? अहम् I? झषाणाम् among fishes? मकरः Makara (shark)? च and? अस्मि (I) am? स्रोतसाम् among streams? अस्मि (I) am? जाह्नवी the Ganga.Commentary The holy river Ganga (spelt Ganges in English) was swallowed by Jahnu when she was being brought down by Bhagiratha from heaven. Hence the name Jahnavi for Ganga.