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BG 10.30 — 10.30 And, I am Prahlada among the demons, among the reckoners I am time; among beasts I am the lion, and Vainateya (Garuda) among birds. | Live Gita
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प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् |
मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम् ||१०-३०||

prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṃ kālaḥ kalayatāmaham . mṛgāṇāṃ ca mṛgendro.ahaṃ vainateyaśca pakṣiṇām ||10-30||


।।10.30।। मैं दैत्यों में प्रह्लाद और गणना करने वालों में काल हूँ, मैं 'पशुओं' में सिंह (मृगेन्द्र) और पक्षियों में गरुड़ हूँ।।

Word-by-word meanings

10.30 प्रह्लादः Prahlada? च and? अस्मि (I) am? दैत्यानाम् among demons? कालः time? कलयताम् among reckoners? अहम् I? मृगाणाम् among beasts? च and? मृगेन्द्रः lion? अहम् I? वैनतेयः son of Vinata (Garuda)? च and? पक्षिणाम् among birds.Commentary Prahlada? though he was the son of a demon (Hiranyakasipu)? was a great devotee of the Lord.

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।10.30।।दैत्योंमें अर्थात् दितिके वंशजोंमें मैं प्रह्लाद नामक दैत्य हूँ और कलना -- गणना करनेवालोंमें मैं काल हूँ। पशुओंमें पशुओंका राजा सिंह या व्याघ्र और पक्षियोंमें विनतापुत्र -- गरुड़ मैं हूँ।

Swami Gambirananda

10.30 Among demons I am Prahlada, and I am Time among reckoners of time. And among animals I am the loin, and among birds I am Garuda.

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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