10.29
Chapter 10, Verse 29
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम्। पितृ़णामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम्৷৷
anantaścāsmi nāgānāṅ varuṇō yādasāmaham. pitṛṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṅyamatāmaham৷৷
Translation
I am the King-python among snakes, I am the Aqueous Principle among those that live in water, I am the Father of fathers, and among rulers I am Death.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
अनन्तः Ananta, च and, अस्मि (I) am, नागानाम् among Nagas, वरुणः Varuna, यादसाम् among watergods, अहम् I, पितृ़णाम् among the Pitris or ancestors, अर्यमा Aryaman, च and, अस्मि (I) am, यमः Yama, संयमताम् among governors, अहम् I. Commentary: Ananta is the king of hooded serpents or cobras. He is firecoloured.Varuna is the king of the watergods.Waterdeities The gods connected with waters.Aryaman is the king of the manes.I am Yama, the witness of the acts of all living beings, who keeps account of the good and bad actions of the people.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.