ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां यादसां वरुणं प्रभुम् । तपतां द्युमतां सूर्यं मनुष्याणां च भूपतिम् ॥ १७ ॥
airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ yādasāṁ varuṇaṁ prabhum tapatāṁ dyumatāṁ sūryaṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ ca bhū-patim
- airāvatam
- the elephant Airāvata
- gaja-indrāṇām
- among lordly elephants
- yādasām
- among aquatics
- varuṇam
- Varuṇa
- prabhum
- the lord of seas
- tapatām
- among things that heat
- dyu-matām
- among things that illuminate
- sūryam
- I am the sun
- manuṣyāṇām
- among human beings
- ca
- also
- bhū-patim
- the king
I am Airāvata among lordly elephants, and among aquatics I am Varuṇa, the lord of the seas. Among all things that heat and illuminate I am the sun, and among human beings I am the king.