TEXT 28

Devanagari

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् ।
प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्प: सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकि: ॥ २८ ॥

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Texte

āyudhānām ahaṁ vajraṁ
dhenūnām asmi kāma-dhuk
prajanaś cāsmi kandarpaḥ
sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ

Synonyms

āyudhānām — of all weapons; aham — I am; vajram — the thunderbolt; dhenūnām — of cows; asmi — I am; kāma-dhuk — the surabhi cow; prajanaḥ — the cause for begetting children; ca — and; asmi — I am; kandarpaḥ — Cupid; sarpāṇām — of serpents; asmi — I am; vāsukiḥ — Vāsuki.

āyudhānām: de toutes les armes; aham: Je suis; vajram: la foudre; dhenūnām: des vaches; asmi: Je suis; kāma-dhuk: la vache surabhi; prajanaḥ: la cause de la procréation; ca: et; asmi: Je suis; kandarpaḥ: le deva de l’amour; sarpāṇām: des serpents; asmi: Je suis; vāsukiḥ: Vāsuki.

Translation

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.

Parmi les armes, Je suis la foudre, et parmi les causes de la procréation, Kandarpa, le deva de l’amour. Des vaches, Je suis la surabhi, et des serpents, Vāsuki.

Purport

The thunderbolt, indeed a mighty weapon, represents Kṛṣṇa’s power. In Kṛṣṇaloka in the spiritual sky there are cows which can be milked at any time, and they give as much milk as one likes. Of course such cows do not exist in this material world, but there is mention of them in Kṛṣṇaloka. The Lord keeps many such cows, which are called surabhi. It is stated that the Lord is engaged in herding the surabhi cows. Kandarpa is the sex desire for presenting good sons; therefore Kandarpa is the representative of Kṛṣṇa. Sometimes sex is engaged in only for sense gratification; such sex does not represent Kṛṣṇa. But sex for the generation of good children is called Kandarpa and represents Kṛṣṇa.

La foudre, qui est bien évidemment une arme puissante, représente la force de Kṛṣṇa. Sur Kṛṣṇaloka, dans le monde spirituel, vivent les vaches surabhis. Elles donnent du lait aussi souvent et en aussi grande quantité qu’on le désire. De telles vaches n’existent naturellement pas dans le monde matériel, mais les Écritures nous indiquent que sur Kṛṣṇaloka le Seigneur aime à les conduire dans les pâturages.

Au contraire du désir sexuel auquel on s’abandonne pour la seule jouissance, Kandarpa incarne le désir sexuel destiné à engendrer de bons enfants. Il représente donc également Kṛṣṇa.