Chapter 10, Verse 37
वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनंजयः। मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः।।10.37।।
vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo'smi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ। munīnāmapyahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnāmuśanā kaviḥ।।10.37।।
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- वृष्णीनां (vṣṇīnām)
- among the Vrishnis (genitive plural)
- वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ)
- Vasudeva (Krishna, son of Vasudeva)
- अस्मि (asmi)
- I am
- पाण्डवानां (pāṇḍavānām)
- among the Pandavas (genitive plural)
- धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ)
- Dhananjaya, i.e. Arjuna ("conqueror of wealth")
- मुनीनाम् (munīnām)
- among the sages/silent ascetics (genitive plural)
- अपि (api)
- even, also
- अहं (aham)
- I
- व्यासः (vyāsaḥ)
- Vyasa (the great sage-compiler)
- कवीनाम् (kavīnām)
- among the poets/wise seers (genitive plural)
- उशना (uśanā)
- Ushanas (Shukracharya, preceptor of the demons)
- कविः (kaviḥ)
- the poet-seer
Commentary
37. Of the Vristwis I am Vasudeva, of the Pawdavas I am Dhananjaya, and of the saints I am Vyasa, of the sages I am Usanas the sage.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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वृष्णीनां (vṣṇīnām)
वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ)
अस्मि (asmi)
पाण्डवानां (pāṇḍavānām)
धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ)
मुनीनाम् (munīnām)
अपि (api)
अहं (aham)
व्यासः (vyāsaḥ)
कवीनाम् (kavīnām)
उशना (uśanā)
कविः (kaviḥ)
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