SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
prahlAdhaS chAsmi dhaithyAnAm kAla: kalayathAm aham |
mrugANAm cha mrugEndhrO’haṁ vainathEyaS cha pakshiNAm ||
word-by-word meaning
dhaithyAnAm – among asuras (descendants of dhithi)
prahlAdha cha asmi – I am prahlAdha,
kalayathAm – among those who think (about causing sorrow)
kAla aham – I am kAla (the agent of death who causes the sorrow of death)
mrugANAm – among animals
mrugEndhra cha aham – I am the lion, which is the king of animals
pakshiNAm – among birds
vainathEya cha – I am garuda.
Simple Translation
Among asuras (descendants of dhithi), I am prahlAdha; I am kAla (the agent of death who causes the sorrow of death) among those who think (about causing sorrow); among animals, I am the lion, which is the king of animals; among birds, I am garuda.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘Of Daityas[2. The progeny of Diti.], I am Prahlāda; of meters, Time, I (am); of animals too, I (am) the lion, and of birds, Vainateya.’
Kāla=Time=Mṛityu=Death, one of those agencies that keep reckoning at time to cause catastrophes.
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