नारदो वामदेवोऽत्रि: कृष्णो रामोऽसितोऽरुणि: । अहं बृहस्पति: कण्वो मैत्रेयश्च्यवनादय: ॥ १८ ॥
nārado vāmadevo ’triḥ kṛṣṇo rāmo ’sito ’ruṇiḥ ahaṁ bṛhaspatiḥ kaṇvo maitreyaś cyavanādayaḥ
- nāradaḥ vāmadevaḥ atriḥ
- the sages Nārada, Vāmadeva and Atri
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa
- rāmaḥ
- Lord Paraśurāma
- asitaḥ aruṇiḥ
- Asita and Aruṇi
- aham
- I (Śukadeva)
- bṛhaspatiḥ kaṇvaḥ
- Bṛhaspati and Kaṇva
- maitreyaḥ
- Maitreya
- cyavana
- Cyavana
- ādayaḥ
- and others
Among these sages were Nārada, Vāmadeva, Atri, Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa, Paraśurāma, Asita, Aruṇi, myself, Bṛhaspati, Kaṇva, Maitreya and Cyavana.