आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् |
प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः ||१०-२८||
āyudhānāmahaṃ vajraṃ dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk . prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ ||10-28||
।।10.28।। मैं शस्त्रों में वज्र और धेनुओं (गायों) में कामधेनु हूँ, प्रजा उत्पत्ति का हेतु कन्दर्प (कामदेव) मैं हूँ और सर्पों में वासुकि हूँ।।
10.28 आयुधानम् among weapons? अहम् I? वज्रम् the thunderbolt? धेनूनाम् among cows? अस्मि (I) am? कामधुक् kamadhenu? the heavenly cow which yiedls all desires? प्रजनः the progenitro? च and? अस्मि (I) am? कन्दर्पः Kandarpa (Kamadeva)? सर्पाणाम् among serpents? अस्मि (I) am? वासुकिः Vasuki.Commentary Vajram the thunderbolt weapon made of the bones of Dadhichi an implement of warfare which can only be handled by Indra who has fininshed a hundred sacrifices.Kamadhuk The cow Kamadhenu of the great sag
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।10.28।।शस्त्रोंमें मैं दधीचि ऋषिकी अस्थियोंसे बना हुआ वज्र हूँ। दूध देनेवाली गौओंमें कामधेनु -- वसिष्ठको सब कामनारूप दूध देनेवाली अथवा सामान्य भावसे जो भी कामधेनु है वह मैं हूँ। प्रजाको उत्पन्न करनेवाला कामदेव मैं हूँ और सर्पोंमें अर्थात् सर्पोके नाना भेदोंमें सर्पराज वासुकि मैं हूँ।
10.28 Among weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am kamadhenu. I am Kandarpa, the Progenitor, and among serpents I am Vasuki.
This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.
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