Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 28

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् । प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः

āyudhānāmahaṃ vajraṃ dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk | prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ

Translation

Of weapons I am the thunderbolt, of cows I am the Kāmadhuk, I am the progenitor Kandarpa, of serpents I am Vāsuki.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

āyudhānām

of weapons

aham

I

vajram

the thunderbolt

dhenūnām

of cows

asmi

(I) am

kāmadhuk

desires, milks, thus

prajanaḥ

the progenitor

ca

and

asmi

(I) am

kandarpaḥ

Kandarpa

sarpāṇām

of serpents

asmi

(I) am

vāsukiḥ

Vāsuki

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The thunderbolt: the Vajra made of Dadhīci's bone. Kāmadhuk: that cow of Vasiṣṭha which yielded all objects desired; or any cow in general which may yield plenty of milk. Kandarpa: Kāma or love. Vāsuki: the lord of serpents.