तथाप्यद्यतनान्यङ्ग शृणुष्व गदतो मम । विज्ञापितो विरिञ्चेन पुराहं धर्मगुप्तये । भूमेर्भारायमाणानामसुराणां क्षयाय च ॥ ३९ ॥ अवतीर्णो यदुकुले गृह आनकदुन्दुभे: । वदन्ति वासुदेवेति वसुदेवसुतं हि माम् ॥ ४० ॥
tathāpy adyatanāny aṅga śṛnuṣva gadato mama vijñāpito viriñcena purāhaṁ dharma-guptaye bhūmer bhārāyamāṇānām asurāṇāṁ kṣayāya ca avatīrṇo yadu-kule gṛha ānakadundubheḥ vadanti vāsudeveti vasudeva-sutaṁ hi mām
- tathā api
- nevertheless
- adyatanāni
- those current
- aṅga
- O friend
- śṛṇuṣva
- just hear
- gadataḥ
- who am speaking
- mama
- from Me
- vijñāpitaḥ
- sincerely requested
- viriñcena
- by Lord Brahmā
- purā
- in the past
- aham
- I
- dharma
- religious principles
- guptaye
- to protect
- bhūmeḥ
- for the earth
- bhārāyamāṇānām
- who are a burden
- asurāṇām
- of the demons
- kṣayāya
- for the destruction
- ca
- and
- avatīrṇaḥ
- descended
- yadu
- of Yadu
- kule
- into the dynasty
- gṛhe
- in the home
- ānakadundubheḥ
- of Vasudeva
- vadanti
- people call
- vāsudevaḥ iti
- by the name Vāsudeva
- vasudeva-sutam
- the son of Vasudeva
- hi
- indeed
- mām
- Me
Nonetheless, O friend, I will tell you about My current birth, name and activities. Kindly hear. Some time ago, Lord Brahmā requested Me to protect religious principles and destroy the demons who were burdening the earth. Thus I descended in the Yadu dynasty, in the home of Ānakadundubhi. Indeed, because I am the son of Vasudeva, people call Me Vāsudeva.