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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 10.28
आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् ।
प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्प: सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकि: ॥ २८ ॥
āyudhānām ahaṁ vajraṁ
dhenūnām asmi kāma-dhuk
prajanaś cāsmi kandarpaḥ
sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ
Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am the surabhi. Of causes for procreation I am Kandarpa, the god of love, and of serpents I am Vāsuki.
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3 study points
Kṛṣṇa is the thunderbolt among weapons, surabhi among cows, Kandarpa among causes of having children, and Vāsuki among serpents.
The thunderbolt shows Kṛṣṇa’s power. In His spiritual home, Kṛṣṇaloka, He herds surabhi cows, which give unlimited milk at any time.
Kandarpa means sex desire for having good children and represents Kṛṣṇa. Sex only for sense pleasure does not represent Him.
limitless, all-pervading opulences
Names His opulences and then explains that these opulences simply indicate a fraction of His glory
Because He pervades and supports the entire universe with a mere fragment of His total potency
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: bhagavān, vibhūti.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 10.28 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to krishna’s nature?
Notice something excellent and see it as His opulence.
Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.
Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.
Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.