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प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम्। मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्।।10.30।।

prahlādaśh chāsmi daityānāṁ kālaḥ kalayatām aham mṛigāṇāṁ cha mṛigendro ’haṁ vainateyaśh cha pakṣhiṇām

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 10, Verse 30
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
And I am Prahlada among the demons, I am Time among reckoners, I am the lion among beasts, and Vainateya (Garuda) among birds.

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Why: among demons, he is Prahlada, among measures of time, he is time itself, among beasts, the lion, among birds, Garuda, continuing to widen categories into time and the animal kingdom.

In life: even something as abstract and impersonal as time itself is treated here as having an essential, meaningful quality worth recognizing, not just neutral, passing duration.

Teaching: try relating to your own experience of time as something with genuine, essential quality worth noticing, rather than just neutral duration passing by in the background of your day.

prahlādaḥPrahlad
chaand
asmiI am
daityānāmof the demons
kālaḥtime
kalayatāmof all that controls
ahamI
mṛigāṇāmamongst animals
chaand
mṛiga-indraḥthe lion
ahamI
vainateyaḥGarud
chaand
pakṣhiṇāmamongst birds

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
10.30 प्रह्लादः Prahlada? च and? अस्मि (I) am? दैत्यानाम् among demons? कालः time? कलयताम् among reckoners? अहम् I? मृगाणाम् among beasts? च and? मृगेन्द्रः lion? अहम् I? वैनतेयः son of Vinata (Garuda)? च and? पक्षिणाम् among birds.Commentary Prahlada? though he was the son of a demon (Hiranyakasipu)? was a great devotee of the Lord.