Chapter 10: Vibhooti Yoga, verse 29
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम्।
पितृ़णामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम् ॥
Say itanantaśh chāsmi nāgānāṁ varuṇo yādasām aham
pitṝīṇām aryamā chāsmi yamaḥ sanyamatām aham
Translation
I am Ananta among the Nagas; I am Varuna among water-deities; Aryaman among the Manes; I am Yama among the governors.
Swami Sivananda
Among snakes, I am Ananta; among gods of the waters, Varuna; among the manes, Aryama; and among the maintainers of law and order, I am Yama (King of death).
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Of snakes, I am Ananta; of aquatic beings, I am Varuna; of manes, I am Aryama; of subduers, I am Yama.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Of the snakes, I am Ananta; of the water-beings, I am Varuna; of the manes, I am Aryaman; of the controllers, I am Yama (the Death-god).
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
I am the king-python among snakes, I am the aqueous principle among those that live in water, I am the father of fathers, and among rulers I am death.
Shri Purohit Swami
नागोंमें अनन्त (शेषनाग) और जल-जन्तुओंका अधिपति वरुण मैं हूँ। पितरोंमें अर्यमा और शासन करनेवालोंमें यमराज मैं हूँ।
Swami Ramsukhdas
मैं नागों में अनन्त (शेषनाग) हूँ और जल देवताओं में वरुण हूँ; मैं पितरों में अर्यमा हँ और नियमन करने वालों में यम हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.