SB 11.16.19 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

नागेन्द्राणामनन्तोऽहं मृगेन्द्र: श‍ृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिणाम् । आश्रमाणामहं तुर्यो वर्णानां प्रथमोऽनघ ॥ १९ ॥

Verse text

nāgendrāṇām ananto ’haṁ mṛgendraḥ śṛṅgi-daṁṣṭriṇām āśramāṇām ahaṁ turyo varṇānāṁ prathamo ’nagha

Synonyms

nāga — indrāṇām — among the best of many-hooded snakes ; anantaḥ — Anantadeva ; aham — I am ; mṛga — indraḥ — the lion ; śṛṅgi — daṁṣṭriṇām — among animals with sharp horns or teeth ; āśramāṇām — among the four social orders of life ; aham — I am ; turyaḥ — the fourth, sannyāsa ; varṇānām — among the four occupational orders ; prathamaḥ — the first, the brāhmaṇas ; anagha — O sinless one .

Translation

O sinless Uddhava, among the best of snakes I am Anantadeva, and among those animals with sharp horns or teeth I am the lion. Among the social orders I am the fourth, or the renounced order of life, and among the occupational divisions I am the first, the brāhmaṇas.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O sinless Uddhava! Among the best of snakes, I am Anantadeva, and among those animals with sharp horns, I am the black deer. Among animals with teeth, I am the lion. Among the āśramas, I am sannyāsa, and among the varṇas, I am the brāhmaṇa. Among animals with horns I am the black deer, and among animals with teeth I am the lion. The fourth āśrama is sannyāsa. The first varṇa is brāhmaṇa.