BG 10.27

उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम् ।
ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् ॥
uccaiḥśravasam aśvānāṁ viddhi mām amṛtodbhavam
airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ ca narādhipam

Word-for-word meanings

aśvānām — among horses;  viddhi — know;  mām — Me;  uccaiḥśravasam — as Uccaiḥśravā;  amṛta-udbhavam — produced from the churning of the ocean for nectar;  airāvatam — as Airāvata;  gaja-indrāṇām — among lordly elephants;  ca — and;  nara-adhipam — as the king;  narāṇām — among human beings.

Translation

Among horses know Me as Uccaiḥśravā, born of the churning of the ocean for nectar*; among lordly elephants, as Airāvata, and among human beings, as the king.

Notes

* This relates to the Purāṇic story of the churning of the Ocean of Milk by the devas and asuras to extract nectar.

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