Friday, August 12, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10/Verse 29

अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् ।

पितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम् ॥१०- २९॥


anantaścāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasāmaham ।

pitṝṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatāmaham ॥10- 29॥

I am Ananta of the snakes, I am Varuna of the water creatures, I am Aryaman of the ancestors, and I am Yama of the ones who subdue. 



anantas (masculine, nominative, singular) = Ananta (a mythical snake)


ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and


asmi (present tense, 1st person, singular) = I am 


nāgānām (masculine, genitive, plural) = of snakes 


varuṇas (masculine, nominative, singular) = Varuna (king of the waters)


yādasām (neuter, genitive, plural) = of water creatures 


aham (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular) = I 



pitṝṇām (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the ancestors 

aryamā (masculine, nominative, singular) = Aryaman (chief of ancestors) 


ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and


asmi (present tense, 1st person, singular) = I am 


yamas (masculine, nominative, singular) = Yama (god of death)


saṃyamatām (present participle, masculine, genitive, plural) = of the ones who subdue


aham (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular) = I 



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