Speaker: Arjuna
वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः
प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च ।
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः
पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ॥३९॥
vāyur yamo 'gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ
prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaś ca
namo namas te 'stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ
punaś ca bhūyo 'pi namo namas te
Word for word (synonyms)
- vāyuḥ
- air
- yamaḥ
- controller
- agniḥ
- fire
- varuṇaḥ
- water
- śaśāṅkaḥ
- moon
- prajāpatiḥ
- Brahmā
- tvam
- You
- prapitāmahaḥ
- grandfather
- ca
- also
- namaḥ
- offering respects
- namaḥ te
- again I offer my respects unto You
- astu
- are being
- sahasra-kṛtvaḥ
- a thousand times
- punaḥ ca
- and again
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- api
- also
- namaḥ
- offer my respects
- namaḥ te
- offering my respects unto You
Translation
You are air, fire, water, and You are the moon! You are the supreme controller and the grandfather. Thus I offer my respectful obeisances unto You a thousand times, and again and yet again!
Purport
The Lord is addressed here as air because the air is the most important representation of all the demigods, being all-pervasive. Arjuna also addresses Kṛṣṇa as the grandfather because He is the father of Brahmā, the first living creature in the universe.
What this verse teaches
Obeisances – from all sides.
- Section
- Arjuna’s prayers
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.