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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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10.26 Sarva-vrksanam, among all trees, (I am) the<br />

Asvatta; and Narada devarsinam, among the<br />

divine sages-those who were gods and became<br />

sages by virtue of visualizing Vedic mantras;<br />

among them I am Narada. Gandharvanam, among<br />

the gandharvas, I am the gandharva called<br />

Citraratha. Siddhanam, among the perfected ones,<br />

among those who, from their very birth, were<br />

endowed with an abundance of the wealth of<br />

virtue, knowledge and renunciation; (I am) munih,<br />

the sage Kapila.<br />

10.27 Among horses, know Me to be Uccaihsravas,<br />

born of nectar; Airavata among the lordly<br />

elephants; and among men, the Kind of men.<br />

[Uccaihsravas and Airavata are respectively the<br />

divine horse and elephant of Indra.]<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

10.27 Asvanam, among horses; viddhi, know;<br />

mam, Me; to be the horse named Uccaihsravas;<br />

amrta-udbhavam, born of nectar-born when (the<br />

sea was) churned (by the gods) for nectar.<br />

Airavata, the son of Iravati, gajendranam, among<br />

the Lordly elephants; 'know Me to be so' remains<br />

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