Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 16: The Lord's Opulence

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.16.22

purodhasāḿ vasiṣṭho 'haḿ

brahmiṣṭhānāḿ bṛhaspatiḥ

skando 'haḿ sarva-senānyām

agraṇyāḿ bhagavān ajaḥ

SYNONYMS

purodhasām — among priests; vasiṣṭhaḥVasiṣṭha Muni; ahamI am; brahmiṣṭhānām — among those fixed in the Vedic conclusion and purpose; bṛhaspatiḥBṛhaspati, the spiritual master of the demigods; skandaḥ — Kārtikeya; ahamI am; sarva-senānyām — among all military leaders; agraṇyām — among those advancing in pious life; bhagavān — the great personality; ajaḥ — Lord Brahmā.

TRANSLATION

Among priests I am Vasiṣṭha Muni, and among those highly situated in Vedic culture I am Bṛhaspati. I am Kārtikeya among great military leaders, and among those advancing in superior ways of life I am the great personality Lord Brahmā.

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