पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् ।
झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥३१॥

pavanaḥ pavatām asmi
rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham
jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraś cāsmi
srotasām asmi jāhnavī

 pavanaḥ - the wind; pavatām - of all that purifies; asmi - I am; rāmaḥ - Rāma; śastra-bhṛtām - of the carriers of weapons; aham - I am; jhaṣāṇām - of all fish; makaraḥ - the shark; ca - also; asmi - I am; srotasām - of flowing rivers; asmi - I am; jāhnavī - the River Ganges.


Text

Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rāma, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.

Purport

Of all the aquatics the shark is one of the biggest and is certainly the most dangerous to man. Thus the shark represents Kṛṣṇa.