Word meanings
- uccaiḥśravasam
- Uchchaihshrava
- aśvānām
- amongst horses
- viddhi
- know
- mām
- me
- amṛta-udbhavam
- begotten from the churning of the ocean of nectar
- airāvatam
- Airavata
- gaja-indrāṇām
- amongst all lordly elephants
- narāṇām
- amongst humans
- ca
- and
- nara-adhipam
- the king
Translations
Know Me as Ucchaisravas, born of nectar, among horses; Airavata among lordly elephants; and the king among men.
Know that among horses I am Pegasus, heaven-born; among the lordly elephants I am the white one, and I am the ruler among men.
Among horses, know Me to be Uccaihsravas, born from nectar; Airavata among the lordly elephants; and among men, the King of men. [Uccaihsravas and Airavata are respectively the divine horse and elephant of Indra.]
घोड़ोंमें अमृतके साथ समुद्रसे प्रकट होनेवाले उच्चैःश्रवा नामक घोड़ेको, श्रेष्ठ हाथियोंमें ऐरावत नामक हाथीको और मनुष्योंमें राजाको मेरी विभूति मानो।Commentary
Nectar was obtained by the gods by churning the ocean of milk. Ucchaisravas is the name of the royal horse which was born in that ocean of milk when it was churned for the nectar. Airavatam The offspring of Iravati, the elephant of Indra born at the time when the ocean of milk was churned.