Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 23

रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम् । वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम्

rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām | vasūnāṃ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham

Translation

And of the Rudras I am Śaṅkara, of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas the Lord of wealth, and of the Vasus I am Agni, of the mountains I am the Meru.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

rudrāṇām

of the Rudras

śaṅkaraḥ

Shankara

ca

and

asmi

(I) am

vitteśaḥ

Vitteśa, or Kubera

yakṣarakṣasām

of Yakshas, and, of Rākshasas, and

vasūnām

of Vasus

pāvakaḥ

Pāvaka

ca

and

asmi

(I) am

meruḥ

Meru

śikhariṇām

peaks of which, (there) are, thus, of them

aham

I

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The Rudras are eleven in number, and the Vasus eight. The Lord of wealth: Kubera.