The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

Divine Splendor ╯
of Krishna, who protects the people from Indra’s stormy
wrath.
Krishna is also Shankara, the more beneficent aspect of
the awesome deity Rudra, better known as Shiva. Among
mountains Krishna is Meru, the high mountain home of
Shiva and the other gods, the highest peak and center of the
world. Krishna is consciousness, the syllable Om, and the
mantram or holy name. He is the mythic horse and the fabulous
elephant that were produced when the cosmic ocean was
churned for the elixir of immortality.
Krishna is Ananta, the cosmic serpent on which Lord
Vishnu sleeps. He is Varuna, Vedic god of the oceans, and
Yama, the god of death; among demons ( asuras ) he is
Prahlada, who, though born in the race of demons, was
devoted to God and never swayed in his love, even when his
own father tried to kill him. And of course Krishna is Rama,
the great warrior-prince – also an incarnation of Vishnu –
whose exploits are told in the immortal epic, the Ramayana.
Of all fields of knowledge, Krishna says, he is knowledge of
the Self. The study of Sanskrit and its grammar were important
in ancient India, and Krishna doesn’t neglect this field.
He is A among letters; among compound words he is the
dvandva, which joins equals. He is the Gayatri – a particular
meter found in the poetry of the Vedas, but generally taken to
be a famous prayer from the Rig Veda (iii.62.10) composed in
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