Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 24

पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् । सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः

purodhasāṃ ca mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim | senānīnāmahaṃ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ

Translation

And of the household priests of kings, O son of Pṛthā, know Me the chief one, Bṛhaspati; of generals I am Skanda, of lakes I am the Ocean.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

purodhasām

of house-priests

ca

and

mukhyam

the chief

mām

me

viddhi

know

pārtha

O Pārtha

bṛhaspatim

Brihaspati

senānīnām

the army, leads, thus, of them

aham

I

skandaḥ

Skanda

sarasām

of lakes

asmi

(I) am

sāgaraḥ

the ocean

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Bṛhaspati is the chief of priests, because he is the household priest of Indra. Skanda is the general of the Gods. Of the natural — i.e., made by the Gods — reservoirs, I am the Ocean.