Bhagavad Gita BG 10.37
Chapter 10, Verse 37 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः । मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ॥
vrsninam vasudevo 'smi pandavanAm dhananjayah muninam apy aham vyasah kavinam ushana kavih
Meaning
Among the Vrishnis I am Vasudeva; among the Pandavas I am Dhananjaya (Arjuna); among the sages I am Vyasa; among the seers (kavi) I am Ushana.
Understanding
Intimate personal vibhutis: (1) Vasudeva among the Vrishnis (Krishna's own clan). (2) Dhananjaya (Arjuna — 'winner of wealth') among the Pandavas. Krishna identifies himself as Arjuna — and Arjuna is speaking with Krishna! The non-dual recognition: the student IS the teacher. (3) Vyasa among the munis — the great sage who compiled the Vedas and composed the Mahabharata (and the Gita is within the Mahabharata, and Vyasa is said to have composed it). (4) Ushana (Shukracharya, the teacher of the asuras) among the kavi-seers — wisdom even among the enemy's teachers.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| वृष्णीनाम् | vrsninam | among the Vrishnis (Krishna's Yadava clan) |
| धनञ्जयः | dhananjayah | Dhananjaya (Arjuna — winner of wealth) |
| मुनीनाम् | muninam | among the sages |
| व्यासः | vyasah | the sage Vyasa (compiler of Vedas, author of Mahabharata) |
| उशना | ushana | Ushana/Shukracharya (teacher of the asuras) |
| वृष्णीनाम् | vṛṣṇīnām | of the Vrishnis |
| वासुदेवः | vāsudevaḥ | Vasudeva (Krishna) |
| अस्मि | asmi | I am |
| पाण्डवानाम् | pāṇḍavānām | of the Pandavas |
| धनञ्जयः | dhanañjayaḥ | Dhananjaya (Arjuna) |
| मुनीनाम् | munīnām | of the sages |
| अपि | api | also |
| अहम् | aham | I am |
| व्यासः | vyāsaḥ | Vyasa |
| कवीनाम् | kavīnām | of poets |
| उशना | uśanā | Ushana (Shukracharya) |
| कविः | kaviḥ | the poet |