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रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम्। वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम्।।10.23।।

rudrāṇāṁ śhaṅkaraśh chāsmi vitteśho yakṣha-rakṣhasām vasūnāṁ pāvakaśh chāsmi meruḥ śhikhariṇām aham

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 10, Verse 23
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
And among the Rudras, I am Sankara; among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, the Lord of Wealth (Kubera); among the Vasus, I am Pavaka (Fire); and among the seven mountains, I am Meru.

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Why: among the Rudras, he is Shankara, among goblins and demons, the lord of wealth, among the elements, fire, among mountains, Meru, continuing to name standout examples across an increasingly wide range of categories.

In life: this exercise, repeated across so many categories, gradually builds a specific habit of mind, always looking past the average toward what's most essential or excellent within any given category.

Teaching: keep practicing this same habit deliberately in your own daily observations, in each new category you encounter, briefly ask what the most essential or excellent example within it actually is.

rudrāṇāmamongst the Rudras
śhaṅkaraḥLord Shiv
chaand
asmiI am
vitta-īśhaḥthe god of wealth and the treasurer of the celestial gods
yakṣhaamongst the semi-divine demons
rakṣhasāmamongst the demons
vasūnāmamongst the Vasus
pāvakaḥAgni (fire)
chaand
asmiI am
meruḥMount Meru
śhikhariṇāmamongst the mountains
ahamI am

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
10.23 रुद्राणाम् among the Rudras? शङ्करः Sankara? च and? अस्मि (I) am? वित्तेशः Kubera? यक्षरक्षसाम्,among celestial fairies and spirits? वसूनाम् among Vasus? पावकः Pavaka? च and? अस्मि (I) am? मेरुः Meru? शिखरिणाम् of mountains? अहम् I.Commentary Rudras are eleven in number. The ten vital airs (Pranas and the UpaPranas? which are five each) and the mind are the eleven Rudras. They are so called because they produce grief when they depart from the body. They have been symbolised in the Puranas as follows Virabhadra? Sankara? Girisa? Ajaikapati? Bhuvanadhisvara? Aherbhujya? Pinaki? Aparajita? Kapali? Sthanu and Bhaga. Among these Rudras? Sankara is regarded as the chief.Vasus are earth? water? fire? air? ether? sun? moon and stars. They are so called because they comprehend the whole universe within them. They have been symbolised in the Puranas as follows Apah? Dhruva? Soma? Dhara? Anila? Anala? Pratyusa and Prabhasa. Of these Anala or Pavaka (fire) is the chief.