Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 16: The Lord's Opulence

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.16.14

brahmarṣīṇāḿ bhṛgur ahaḿ

rājarṣīṇām ahaḿ manuḥ

devarṣīṇāḿ nārado 'haḿ

havirdhāny asmi dhenuṣu

SYNONYMS

brahma-ṛṣīṇām — among the saintly brāhmaṇas; bhṛguḥBhṛgu Muni; ahamI am; rāja-ṛṣīṇām — among the saintly kings; ahamI am; manuḥManu; deva-ṛṣīṇām — among the saintly demigods; nāradaḥNārada Muni; ahamI am; havirdhānī — Kāmadhenu; asmiI am; dhenuṣu — among cows.

TRANSLATION

Among saintly brāhmaṇas I am Bhṛgu Muni, and I am Manu among saintly kings. I am Nārada Muni among saintly demigods, and I am Kāmadhenu among cows.

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