10.28
आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् ।
प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः ॥
āyudhānām ahaṃ vajraṃ dhenūnām asmi kāmadhuk
prajanaś cāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues.
The verse
Of weapons I am the vajra; of cows I am the wish-milking cow; I am generation, Kandarpa; of serpents I am Vāsuki.
नेपालीमा
हतियारहरूमध्ये म वज्र हुँ, गाईहरूमध्ये इच्छाअनुसार दूध दिने गाई हुँ। म उत्पत्ति हुँ, कन्दर्प हुँ, र सर्पहरूमध्ये म वासुकि हुँ।
Where it sits
Weapons, cows, desire, serpents. The list's range is the point. kāmadhuk (कामधुक्) is the splendor among cows the way the vajra is the splendor among weapons. One frame.
Split: आयुधानाम् + अहम् + वज्रम् + धेनूनाम् + अस्मि + कामधुक् + प्रजनः + च + अस्मि + कन्दर्पः + सर्पाणाम् + अस्मि + वासुकिः
āyudhānām + aham + vajram + dhenūnām + asmi + kāmadhuk + prajanaḥ + ca + asmi + kandarpaḥ + sarpāṇām + asmi + vāsukiḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| आयुधानाम् | āyudhānām | genitive plural | of weapons. |
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. |
| वज्रम् | vajram | nominative singular neuter | the vajra (वज्र). The thunderbolt. |
| धेनूनाम् | dhenūnām | genitive plural | of cows. |
| अस्मि | asmi | present, 1st singular | I am. |
| कामधुक् | kāmadhuk | nominative of kāmadhuh (कामधुह्) | the cow that milks what one desires. The wish-yielder. |
| प्रजनः | prajanaḥ | nominative singular | generation. The begetting. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| अस्मि | asmi | present, 1st singular | I am. |
| कन्दर्पः | kandarpaḥ | nominative | Kandarpa (कन्दर्प). Desire, as a person. |
| सर्पाणाम् | sarpāṇām | genitive plural | of serpents. |
| अस्मि | asmi | present, 1st singular | I am. |
| वासुकिः | vāsukiḥ | nominative | Vāsuki (वासुकि). |
The phrases
आयुधानाम् अहं वज्रं धेनूनाम् अस्मि कामधुक् āyudhānām ahaṃ vajraṃ dhenūnām asmi kāmadhuk is a weapon and a cow. Of weapons, the vajra. Of cows, the one that milks desires. vajram (वज्रम्) is neuter, so nominative and accusative look the same. With aham (अहम्) it is the predicate, "I am the vajra."
प्रजनः च अस्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणाम् अस्मि वासुकिः prajanaḥ ca asmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ has no genitive before prajanaḥ (प्रजनः). Both prajanaḥ (प्रजनः) and kandarpaḥ (कन्दर्पः) are nominative. He is generation, Kandarpa. Then, of serpents, Vāsuki. The next verse will name a nāga, a different group.
Sanskrit in this line
kāmadhuk (कामधुक्) is the nominative of a stem ending in h (ह्). duh (दुह्) is "to milk." In the nominative singular the h (ह्) with the ending shows as k (क्): kāmadhuk (कामधुक्), not the stem-form kāmadhuh (कामधुह्). You meet the word as the subject in the form the line actually uses.
Say it back
The cow and the group. kāmadhuk (कामधुक्), dhenūnām (धेनूनाम्). If the nominative is rebuilt as a stem in h (ह्), stay here. The line says kāmadhuk (कामधुक्).