नागेन्द्राणामनन्तोऽहं मृगेन्द्र: शृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिणाम् । आश्रमाणामहं तुर्यो वर्णानां प्रथमोऽनघ ॥ १९ ॥
nāgendrāṇām ananto ’haṁ mṛgendraḥ śṛṅgi-daṁṣṭriṇām āśramāṇām ahaṁ turyo varṇānāṁ prathamo ’nagha
- 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
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.