BG 10.28

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् ।
प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः ॥
āyudhānām ahaṁ vajraṁ dhenūnām asmi kāmadhuk
prajanaś cāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ

Word-for-word meanings

āyudhānām — of weapons;  aham — I [am];  vajram — the thunderbolt;  dhenūnām — of milk cows;  asmi — I am;  kāmadhuk — the Kāmadhenu;  prajanaḥ — of procreative passion;  asmi — I am;  kandarpaḥ — Cupid;  ca — and;  sarpāṇām — of serpents;  asmi — I am;  vāsukiḥ — Vāsuki.

Translation

Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; of cows I am the Kāmadhenu [which fulfills desires]; of procreative passion I am Cupid (Kandarpa), and of serpents, I am Vāsuki.

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