Sanskrit · Devanagari
रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम्। वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām vasūnāṃ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882I am consciousness in (living) beings. And I am Śaṅkara among the Rudras the lord of wealth among Yakṣas and Rakṣases. And I am fire among the Vasus and Meru among the high-topped (mountains). And know me
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।10.23।। --,रुद्राणाम् एकादशानां शंकरश्च अस्मि। वित्तेशः कुबेरः यक्षरक्षसां यक्षाणां रक्षसां च। वसूनाम् अष्टानां पावकश्च अस्मि अग्निः। मेरुः शिखरिणां शिखरवताम् अहम्।।
c391ba9c5692…Rāmānuja
10.23 Of eleven Rudras I am Sankara. Of Yaksas and Raksasas I am Kubera, son of Visravas. Among the eight Vasus I am Agni. Of mountains, namely, of those mountains which shine with peaks, I am Meru.
42cee3ced329…Swami Sivananda
10.23 रुद्राणाम् among the Rudras? शङ्करः Sankara? च and? अस्मि (I) am? वित्तेशः Kubera? यक्षरक्षसाम्,among celestial fairies and spirits? वसूनाम् among Vasus? पावकः Pavaka? च and? अस्मि (I) am? मेरुः Meru? शिखरिणाम् of mountains? अहम् I.Commentary Rudras are eleven in number. The ten vital airs (Pranas and the UpaPranas? which are five each) and the mind are the eleven Rudras. They are so called because they produce grief when they depart from the body. They have been symbolised in the Puranas as follows Virabhadra? Sankara? Girisa? Ajaikapati? Bhuvanadhisvara? Aherbhujya? Pinaki? Aparajita? Kapali? Sthanu and Bhaga. Among these Rudras? Sankara is regarded as the chief.Vasus are earth? water? fire? air? ether? sun? moon and stars. They are so called because they comprehend the whole universe within them. They have been symbolised in the Puranas as follows Apah? Dhruva? Soma? Dhara? Anila? Anala? Pratyusa and Prabhasa. Of these Anala or Pavaka (fire) is the chief.
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