{"id":4121,"date":"2017-04-06T21:58:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T21:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2017-04-06T21:58:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T21:58:11","slug":"10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-24\/","title":{"rendered":"10.24 purodhasAm cha mukhyam mAm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-23\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 10 verse 23<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-24-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>purodhasAm cha mukhyam mAm vidhdhi pArtha bruhaspathim |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> senAnInAm aham skandha: sarasAm asmi sAgara: ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>pArtha &#8211; Oh son of kunthI!<br \/>\npurOdhasAm &#8211; among the purOhithas (priests)<br \/>\nmukhyam &#8211; most important<br \/>\nbruhaspathim cha &#8211; the bruhaspathi [indhra&#8217;s chief priest]<br \/>\nmAm vidhdhi &#8211; know me.<br \/>\nsEnAnInAm &#8211; among the army-commanders<br \/>\nskandha: &#8211; (the best) skandha (subramaNya)<br \/>\naham &#8211; I am<br \/>\nsarasAm &#8211; among the ponds (water reservoirs)<br \/>\nsAgara: &#8211; (the best) ocean<br \/>\naham asmi &#8211; I am<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>Oh pArtha! Know me as the most important bruhaspathi [indhra&#8217;s chief priest] among the purOhithas (priests); I am (the best) skandha (subramaNya) among army-commanders; I am (the best) ocean among the ponds (water reservoirs).<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Know Me, P\u0101rtha! to be B\u1e5bihaspati[4. The household priest of Indra.], the chief of the domestic priests; of the army-commanders, I am Skanda[5. The 2nd son of \u015aiva also called Kum\u0101rasv\u0101mi,or Subrahma\u1e47ya. (Vide, <em>Bhag: Vish:<\/em> p. 1515).]; of water-reservoirs, I am the Ocean.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chief of domestic priests, B\u1e5bihaspati, I am. <em>Sen\u0101ni<\/em> = <em>Sen\u0101pati<\/em>= commanders of armies. Of these I am Skanda[6. The 2nd son of \u015aiva also called Kum\u0101rasv\u0101mi,or Subrahma\u1e47ya. (Vide, <em>Bhag: Vish:<\/em> p. 1515).].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of waters (or water-collections) I am the Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-25\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 10 verse 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 10 &lt;&lt; Chapter 10 verse 23 SlOkam \u2013 Original purodhasAm cha mukhyam mAm vidhdhi pArtha bruhaspathim | senAnInAm aham skandha: sarasAm asmi sAgara: || word-by-word meaning pArtha &#8211; Oh son of kunthI! purOdhasAm &#8211; among the purOhithas (priests) mukhyam &#8211; most important bruhaspathim cha &#8230; <a title=\"10.24 purodhasAm cha mukhyam mAm\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-24\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 10.24 purodhasAm cha mukhyam mAm\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-10","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}