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During the churning of the ocean, various divine entities emerged
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10.28
आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् ।
प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः
॥ १०=२८ ॥
āyudhānāmahaṁ vajraṁ
dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk
prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi
vāsukiḥ
Of the weapons, I am the thunderbolt.
Of the cows, I am Kamadhenu; For
begetting children, I am the god of
love. Of the snakes, I am Vasuki
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Kṛṣṇa chooses the highest essential utility items
10.29
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् ।
पितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम्
॥ १०=२९॥
anantaścāsmi nāgānāṁ varuṇo yādasām
aham piṭrṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ
saṁyamatāmaham
Of the serpents, I am Ananta. Of the
water deities, I am Varuṇa. Of the
ancestors, I am Aryama and of the ones
who ensure discipline, I am Yama
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Kṛṣṇa is the mightiest
10.30
प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् ।
मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्
॥ १०=३०॥
prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṁ kālaḥ
kalayatāmaham mṛgāṇāṁ ca
mṛgendro'haṁ vainateyaśca pakṣiṇām
Of the Daitya (demons), I am Prahlad
and of the reckoners, I am time. Of
the animals, I am the king of animals
(lion) and of the birds, I am Garuda
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Time is the ultimate reckoner.
KRISHNA
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GLORIES OF
KRISHNA.
Among the trees He is the banyan tree. The banyan tree develops its root- like structures from the branches. These grow into the earth as secondary roots. The metaphysical meaning of the banyan tree is that just as the banyan tree grows its roots upside down unlike other trees, the spiritual person shuns the illusory outer world. Instead, he goes inwards towards the Absolute.
Of all the spiritually enlightened
Masters, the Ṛṣis, Kṛṣṇa is Nārada.
Nārada is considered the greatest of
all devotees. His mind is immersed
in remembering Viṣṇu, forever
chanting ‘Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa’.
Of the Gandharvas, the celestial
beings, He is Citraratha. Gandharvas
are celestial beings skilled in music
and they are guardians of the soma
juice — the nectar of the divine
beings. Citraratha is the king of the
Gandharvas.
I Am the Complete Being Among the Siddhas, the complete beings, He is Kapila, the complete sage. Kapila is the author of the Sāṅkhya Yoga, the founding father of Mahānirvāṇi Pīṭha —Kapila Sarvajña Pīṭha, and is considered an incarnation of Viṣṇu and Mahādev. The first human being on planet Earth who started thinking and experienced completion was Kapila.
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Ucchaiśravas is the legendary snow-white horse that emerged during the churning of the ocean of milk, the divine horse.
Airāvata, the four-tusked king of the elephants also emerged during the churning of the ocean of milk. Airāvata, whom Indra took as his mount
This is a metaphysical representation signifying how we are pushed and pulled by desires in our lives. From this churning in our life, various products emerge. As we go beyond the push and pull of desires, beyond life and death. Then we dwell in ultimate bliss.
Among the weapons, He is vajra,
the thunderbolt. This is the weapon
of Indra, king of the demigods.
Among the cows, He says He is the
sacred cow, Kāmadhuk or
Kāmadhenu, which also emerged
during the churning of the ocean.
In the Hindu way of life, the cow is
worshipped for her essential utility.
Kāmadhuka is considered to be the
cow that grants all wishes and is the
mother of all cows.
Kṛṣṇa is the Vāsuki of serpents. Vāsuki is the king of snakes. Vāsuki was used as the rope and he wound himself around Meru, the staff, for churning the ocean of milk.
Among the nāgas, non-poisonous snakes or creatures of the nether world, He is Ananta, the many-hooded serpent who forms the bed of Lord Viṣṇu. He is said to support all the planets on his various hoods, including the Earth.
Among the water beings, Kṛṣṇa says
He is Varuṇa, the god of the
mightiest water body, the ocean.
Among the ancestors, Kṛṣṇa says He
is Aryamā, one of the Ādityas, who
presides over a planet occupied by
the energy bodies of our ancestors.
Of the ones who ensure discipline,
Kṛṣṇa says He is Yama, the Lord of
death. Death is the only certain thing
in the life of all beings and it treats
everyone exactly the same whether
they are big or small, rich or poor. So
the Lord of death, Yama, ensures
perfect discipline. Of the Daityas, He
is Prahlād
The Daityas are considered to be a race of beings that warred against the demigods. Prahlāda was the son of a powerful Daitya King, Hiraṇyakaśipu. Prahlāda was a pious child, an embodiment of integrity. The young Prahlāda is a supreme example of devotion. His life is the example that total surrender to the Divine is possible and that such surrender leads the Divine to completely care for His devotees, in all situations and at all times.
Of the reckoners, Kṛṣṇa says He is
Kāla, Time itself. Time is the ultimate
reckoner. No being exists who can
beat Time. Irrespective of who it is,
Time always moves on. It cannot be
stopped by anyone.
Of the animals, Kṛṣṇa is the Lion, king of the jungle.
Among birds, He is Garuḍa, king of
birds, the eagle who is the mount of
Lord Viṣṇu.
