vÄyur yamo ’gnir varuṇaḥ Å›aÅ›Äá¹…kaḥ
prajÄpatis tvaá¹ prapitÄmahaÅ› ca
namo namas te ’stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ
punaś ca bhūyo ’pi namo namas te
1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: BG72(1)
vayuh--air; yamah--controller; agnih--fire; varunah--water; sasa-ankah--moon; prajapatih--Brahma; tvam--You; prapitamahah--grandfather; ca--also; namah--offering respects; namah te--again my respects unto You; astu--are being; sahasra-krtvah--a thousand times; punah ca--and again; bhuyah--again; api--also; namah--offer my respects; namah te--offering my respects unto You.
You are air, fire, water, and You are the moon! You are the supreme controller and the grandfather. Thus I offer my respectful obeisances unto You a thousand times, and again and yet again!
The Lord is addressed here as air because the air is the most important representation of all the demigods, being all-pervasive. Arjuna also addresses Krsna as the grandfather because He is the father of Brahma, the first living creature in the universe.
