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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.16.28
ahaḿ yugānāḿ ca kṛtaḿ
dhīrāṇāḿ devalo 'sitaḥ
dvaipāyano 'smi vyāsānāḿ
kavīnāḿ kāvya ātmavān
SYNONYMS
aham — I am; yugānām — among ages; ca — also; kṛtam — Satya-yuga; dhīrāṇām — among steady sages; devalaḥ — Devala; asitaḥ — Asita; dvaipāyanaḥ — Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana; asmi — I am; vyāsānām — among the editors of the Vedas; kavīnām — among learned scholars; kāvyaḥ — Śukrācārya; ātma-vān — learned in spiritual science.
TRANSLATION
Among ages I am the Satya-yuga, the age of truth, and among steady sages I am Devala and Asita. Among those who have divided the Vedas I am Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa, and among learned scholars I am Śukrācārya, the knower of spiritual science.
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