BG 10.31

पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् ।
झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥
pavanaḥ pavatām asmi rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham
jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraś cāsmi srotasām asmi jāhnavī

Word-for-word meanings

pavatām — of purifiers;  asmi — I am;  pavanaḥ — the wind;  śastra-bhṛtām — of the wielders of weapons;  aham — I [am];  rāmaḥ — Rāma;  jhaṣāṇām — of fish;  asmi — I am;  makaraḥ — a mythological aquatic animal resembling a shark or dolphin;  ca — and;  srotasām — of rivers;  asmi — I am;  jāhnavī — Gaṅgā.

Translation

Among purifiers I am the wind; among wielders of weapons I am Rāma; among fish I am the makara; and of rivers I am Gaṅgā.

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