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Chapter 10
anantascasmi naganam varuno yadasamaham
pitmamaryama casmi yamah samyamatamaham
Of the Nagas (water-snakes) I am Ananta (the serpent-god); of aquatic creatures and water-gods, I am Varuna, among the manes I am Aryama; and among regulators of life I am Yama, the god of death. 29
Comment:-
Anantasrasmi naganam:- The 'Nagas', are the snakes living in water. 'Ananta' is the lord of me snakes, with thousand hoods. It offers comfort to the Lord by acting, as His bed. It joined the Lord's sport several times, when He was incarnated. So, the Lord speaks of it as His divine glory.
Varuno yadasamaham:- Varuna, is the lord of the aquatic creatures and water-gods, and is a devotee of the Lord. So, he is a divine glory of the Lord.
Pitrnamaryama casmi:- Aryama, is me presiding deity, over all the seven manes such as Kavyavaha, Anala and Soma etc. So he is a divine glory of the Lord.
Yamah samyamatamaham:- Yama is the lord of death. He purifies the beings, by enabling them, to reap the fruit of their virtuous and evil actions. He is very just, and righteous. He is a devotee of the Lord and a lord of his region. Therefore, he is a divine glory of the Lord.
The uniqueness in these glories, is not personal, which has emanated, only from the Lord. Therefore a striver, should think of the Lord, when he thinks of His divine glories.
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