Chapter 10 · Verse 24·Spoken by Krishna
पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम्। सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः
purodhasāṁ cha mukhyaṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha bṛihaspatim senānīnām ahaṁ skandaḥ sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ
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Sanskrit recitation by Swami Brahmānanda
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Translation · 5 voices
O son of Prtha, know me to be Brhaspati, the foremost among the priests of kings. Among commanders of armies, I am Skanda; among large expanses of water, I am the sea.
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
Among family priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief Brhaspati; of generals, I am Skanda; of reservoirs of water, I am the ocean.
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
Of the royal priests, I am the chief, viz., Brhaspati (the priest of gods), O son of Prtha; you should know that. Of the army generals, I am Skanda [the War-god]; of the water reservoirs, I am the ocean.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
And, among the household priests of kings, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brihaspati; among the army generals, I am Skanda; among lakes, I am the ocean.
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
Among the priests, know, O Arjuna, that I am the priest Brihaspati; of generals, I am Skanda, the Commander-in-Chief, and of waters, I am the Ocean.
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
Of the household priests, the royal chaplains, know Me, O Pārtha, to be the chief, the foremost, Bṛhaspati; for he, being Indra's, would be the chief of chaplains. Of generals, of commanders of armies, I am Skanda, the commander of the gods' army. Of waters, those lakes that are dug by the gods, I am the ocean.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Of household priests, the eminent one who is Brihaspati, I am. Of generals, of army-leaders, I am Skanda. Of bodies of water I am the ocean.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.