SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
ananthaS chAsmi nAgAnAm varuNO yAdhasAm aham |
pithrUNAm aryamA chAsmi yama: samyamathAm aham ||
word-by-word meaning
nAgAnAm – among many-headed snakes
anantha cha asmi – I am anantha (AdhiSEshan)
yAdhasAm – among aquatic residents
varuNa aham – I am varuNa
pithrUNAm – among pithrus (ancestors)
aryamA cha asmi – I am aryamA
samyamathAm – among the judges
yama aham – I am yama (deity of righteousness)
Simple Translation
I am anantha (AdhiSEshan) among many-headed snakes; I am varuNa among aquatic residents; I am aryamA among pithrus (ancestors); I am yama (deity of righteousness) among the judges.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘Of Nāgas, I am Ananta; of aquatic denizens, I
am Varuṇa; of Pitṛis[1. Pitṛis =Vairājas or Somapās, Agnishvāttas, Barhishads (incorporeal classes = 3). Somapās, Havishmantas, Ājyapas, Sukālins (corporeal classes = 4). See Manu III-194-199, Harivamśa; and Yajur-Veda.], I am Aryamā; and of Judges, I am Yama.’
Nāgas=Serpents or many-headed snakes.
Yādāmsi=inhabitants of water; of them, I am Varuṇa.
Of Judges, I am Yama=Vaivasvat.
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