Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 31

पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् । झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी

pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham | jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī

Translation

Of purifiers I am the wind, Rāma of warriors am I, of fishes I am the shark, of streams I am the Gaṅgā.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

pavanaḥ

the wind

pavatām

of purifiers

asmi

(I) am

rāmaḥ

Rāma

śastrabhṛtām

weapons, bears, thus, of them

jhaṣāṇām

of fishes

makaraḥ

makara

ca

and

asmi

(I) am

srotasām

of streams

asmi

(I) am

jāhnavī

of Jahnu, child, female (Gangā)

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Of those who bear weapons I am Rāma, Daśaratha's son.