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Bhagavad Gita · 10.27 · Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God·27 of 42

उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्।ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् ॥

uchchaiḥśhravasam aśhvānāṁ viddhi mām

amṛitodbhavam airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ cha narādhipam

Sanskrit recitation

Glory in the world you already know · 10.19–10.42 · Teaching

Translation

Know Me as Ucchaisravas, born of nectar, among horses; Airavata among lordly elephants; and the king among men.

Meaning

Nectar was obtained by the gods by churning the ocean of milk. Ucchaisravas is the name of the royal horse which was born in that ocean of milk when it was churned for the nectar.Airavatam The offspring of Iravati, the elephant of Indra born at the time when the ocean of milk was churned.

After Swami Sivananda

Glory in the world you already know· 10.19–10.42→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
uchchaiḥśhravasam
Uchchaihshrava
aśhvānām
amongst horses
viddhi
know
mām
me
amṛita-udbhavam
begotten from the churning of the ocean of nectar
airāvatam
Airavata
gaja-indrāṇām
amongst all lordly elephants
narāṇām
amongst humans
cha
and
nara-adhipam
the king

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