The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of Bhagavad Gita , published by Ramakrishna Mission
Vibhutis Defined - 19-40
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 27
Ucchaih shravasam ashvanam viddhi mam amrutam udbhavam I
Airavatam gajendranam naranam cha nara dhipam II sloka 27
उच्चैः श्रवसं अश्वानां विद्धि माम् अमृतं उद्भवं Iऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नरा धिपं II श्लोक 27
Of horses, know me to be the nectar-born Ucchaisravas; of lordly elephants, Airavata and of men, the monarch.
Mythology speaks elaborately of the churning of the milk by Devas and Asuras to get nectar from it. The horse Ucchaisravas and the elephant Airavata along with several other high beings and great things came out of that unique undertaking. But this event is an allegorical statement of the eternal process of the good and bad people jointly churning the ocean of life to obtain happiness through wealth, learning and prosperity.
A monarch born with royal excellence is regarded as a spark of the divinity come in human form. The best of the horses, the best of the elephants and the best of humans are indeed the manifestation of the glory of the Lord.
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