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Chapter 10

Chapter 10 · Verse 24

Vibhuti Yoga

विभूतियोग

पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् | सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ||१०-२४||

purodhasāṃ ca mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim . senānīnāmahaṃ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ ||10-24||

In plain words

Brihaspati is the chif priest of the gods. He is the househld priest of Indra. Skanda is Kartikeya or Lord Subramanya.

Translation

10.24 Among family Priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief Brhaspati. Of generals, I am Skanda. Of reservoirs of water, I am the ocean.

Meaning

Brihaspati is the chif priest of the gods. He is the househld priest of Indra. Skanda is Kartikeya or Lord Subramanya. He is the general of the hosts of the gods. Of things holding water -- natural reservoirs or lakes -- I am the ocean.

Word by word

पुरोधसाम् among the household priests च and मुख्यम् the chief माम् Me विद्धि know पार्थ O Partha बृहस्पतिम् Brihaspati सेनानीनाम् among generals अहम् I स्कन्दः Skanda सरसाम् among lakes अस्मि (I) am सागरः the ocean.