Fourteen Worlds
FOURTEEN WORLDSVedic Cosmology

SB 11.16.28

Devanāgarī

अहं युगानां च कृतं धीराणां देवलोऽसित: । द्वैपायनोऽस्मि व्यासानां कवीनां काव्य आत्मवान् ॥ २८ ॥

Text

ahaṁ yugānāṁ ca kṛtaṁ dhīrāṇāṁ devalo ’sitaḥ dvaipāyano ’smi vyāsānāṁ kavīnāṁ 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 theVedas;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.

← SB 11.16.27Chapter 16SB 11.16.29