Gita Bhashya -Sankara 412

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -10

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Āyudhānām-ahain vajram dhenūnām-asmi kāmadhuk
Prajanaicāsmi Kandarpah sarpānām-asmi Vāsukih

28. Of weapons, I am the thunder-bolt; of cows, I am Kāmadhuk; I am Kandarpa, the progenitor: of serpents, Ī am Vasuki.

Of weapons, I am the thunderbolt, the Vajra (weapon of Indra) fashioned out of the bone of Dadhīci[1]; of cows, the animals yielding milk, I am Kāmadhuk, Kamadhenu, the cow of Vasistha which could yield all objects desired; or any cow in general yield, ing plenty of milk; I am Kandarpa, Kama, the god of love, theprogenitor, the cause of off-spring; of serpents i.e. among the serpents of various classes, I am Vāsuki, the king of serpents.

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References and Context

  1. See Bha avata. VI.xi.19, 20