Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 10.31

pavanah pavatam asmi

ramah sastra-bhritam aham

jhashanam makaras casmi

srotasam asmi jahnavi

SYNONYMS

pavanah -- the wind; pavatam -- of all that purifies; asmi -- I am; ramah -- Rama; sastra-bhritam -- of the carriers of weapons; aham -- I am; jhashanam -- of all fish; makarah -- the shark; ca -- also; asmi -- I am; srotasam -- of flowing rivers; asmi -- I am; jahnavi -- the River Ganges.

TRANSLATION

Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rama, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.

PURPORT

Of all the aquatics the shark is one of the biggest and is certainly the most dangerous to man. Thus the shark represents Krishna.

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