Verse 10.31
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् ।
झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥
Transliteration
pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham |
jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Among the purifiers (or the speeders) I am the wind; Rama among the warriors am I; among the fishes I am the shark; among the streams I am the Ganga.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
Among purifiers I am the wind; among wielders of weapons, Rama. Among sea creatures I am the makara, and among rivers I am the Jahnavi.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The wind is named as the purifier among things that cleanse. Among those who bear weapons Krishna is Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, honoured as the ideal of righteous strength, though some readers take the name to mean Parashurama, another famed warrior. The makara is a great sea creature of Indian art and legend, often pictured as crocodile-like. Among rivers he is the Jahnavi, the Ganga, named after the sage Jahnu. For Arjuna the bowman, the figure of Rama is especially meaningful: an archer who fought only for dharma.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08