Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 30
प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् । मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्
prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṃ kālaḥ kalayatāmaham | mṛgāṇāṃ ca mṛgendro'haṃ vainateyaśca pakṣiṇām
Translation
And Prahlāda am I of Diti's progeny, of reckoners I am Time, and of beasts I am the lord of beasts, and Vainateya of birds.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- prahlādaḥ
- Prahlāda
- ca
- and
- asmi
- (I) am
- daityānām
- of Daityas
- kālaḥ
- Time
- kalayatām
- of calculators
- aham
- I
- mṛgāṇām
- of wild things
- ca
- and
- mṛgendraḥ
- of wild things, ruler
- aham
- I
- vainateyaḥ
- of Vinata, child, male (Vainateya)
- ca
- and
- pakṣiṇām
- of birds
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
The lord of beasts: the lion or the tiger. Vainateya: Vinatā's son, Garutmat.