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Bhagavad Gita 10.28

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक्। प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः।।

āyudhānām ahaṁ vajraṁ dhenūnām asmi kāmadhuk prajanaśh chāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
āyudhānāmāyudhānāmamongst weapons
ahamahamI
vajramvajramthe Vajra (thunderbolt)
dhenūnāmdhenūnāmamongst cows
asmiasmiI am
kāma-dhukkāma-dhukKamdhenu
prajanaḥprajanaḥamongst causes for procreation
chachaand
asmiasmiI am
kandarpaḥkandarpaḥKaamdev, the god of love
sarpāṇāmsarpāṇāmamongst serpents
asmiasmiI am
vāsukiḥvāsukiḥserpent Vasuki

Among weapons, I am the thunderbolt; among cows, I am the wish-fulfilling cow called Kamadhenu; I am the progenitor, the god of love; among serpents, I am Vasuki.

मैं शस्त्रों में वज्र और धेनुओं (गायों) में कामधेनु हूँ, प्रजा उत्पत्ति का हेतु कन्दर्प (कामदेव) मैं हूँ और सर्पों में वासुकि हूँ।।