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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.17

ఐరావతం గజేన్ద్రాణాం యాదసాం వరుణం ప్రభుమ్ । తపతాం ద్యుమతాం సూర్యం మనుష్యాణాం చ భూపతిమ్ ॥ ౧౭ ॥
airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ
[airaavatam gajendraanaam]
yādasāṁ varuṇaṁ prabhum
[yaadasaam varunam prabhum]
tapatāṁ dyumatāṁ sūryaṁ
[tapataam dyumataam sooryam]
manuṣyāṇāṁ ca bhū-patim
[manushyaanaam cha bhoo-patim]
airāvatam — the elephant Airāvata gaja-indrāṇām — among lordly elephants yādasām — among aquatics varuṇam — Varuṇa prabhum — the lord of seas tapatām — among things that heat dyu-matām — among things that illuminate sūryam — I am the sun manuṣyāṇām — among human beings ca — also bhū-patim — the king.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ
airāvatam
the elephant Airāvata
gaja-indrāṇām
among lordly elephants
yādasāṁ varuṇaṁ prabhum
yādasām
among aquatics
varuṇam
Varuṇa
prabhum
the lord of seas
tapatāṁ dyumatāṁ sūryaṁ
tapatām
among things that heat
dyu-matām
among things that illuminate
sūryam
I am the sun
manuṣyāṇāṁ ca bhū-patim
manuṣyāṇām
among human beings
ca
also
bhū-patim
the king.
I am Airāvata among lordly elephants, and among aquatics I am Varuṇa, the lord of the seas. Among all things that heat and illuminate I am the sun, and among human beings I am the king.

It is significant to know that Lord Kṛṣṇa is represented within this universe by the lord or supreme in all categories. No one can be as aristocratic and perfect as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, nor can anyone estimate the glories of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa is without doubt the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I am Airāvata, the lord of the best elephants, and among aquatics I am Varuna, the lord of the seas. Among all things that heat and illuminate, I am the sun, and among human beings, I am the king. Among the best of elephants I am their lord, Airāvata, and among aquatics I am their lord Varuṇa.
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