Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 27
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम् । ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम्
uccaiḥśravasamaśvānāṃ viddhi māmamṛtodbhavam | airāvataṃ gajendrāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ ca narādhipam
Translation
Know Me among horses as Ucchaiḥśravas, born of Amṛta, of lordly elephants the Airāvata, and of men the king.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- uccaiḥśravasam
- Uchchaiśravas
- aśvānām
- of horses
- viddhi
- know
- mām
- me
- amṛtodbhavam
- from amrita, birth, whose, he
- airāvatam
- Airāvata
- gajendrāṇām
- of the lords of elephants
- narāṇām
- of men
- ca
- and
- narādhipam
- of men, the monarch
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Ucchaiḥśravas is the name of the kingly horse, who was born in the ocean when it was churned for the amṛta (ambrosia). Know Me among kingly elephants as the Airāvata, the offspring of Irāvatī.