पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् ।सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ॥
purodhasāṃ ca mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim | senānīnām ahaṃ skandaḥ sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ ||
- पुरोधसाम् · purodhasām
- among household priests
- मुख्यम् · mukhyam
- the chief
- माम् विद्धि · mām viddhi
- know me as
- बृहस्पतिम् · bṛhaspatim
- Brihaspati
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha
- सेनानीनाम् · senānīnām
- among generals
- स्कन्दः · skandaḥ
- Skanda
- सरसाम् · sarasām
- among waters
- सागरः · sāgaraḥ
- the ocean
“Know me as Brihaspati, the chief among household priests, O Partha. Among generals I am Skanda, and among waters I am the ocean.”
— Original plain-language translation
Counsel, command, and depth: the gods' priest, the gods' general, and the sea itself. Arjuna the general might hear Skanda with a soldier's ear. Vastness you can stand before begins to teach infinitude.
— Reader's notes (original)