Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19


Sanskrit:

नागेन्द्राणामनन्तोऽहं मृगेन्द्र: श‍ृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिणाम् ।आश्रमाणामहं तुर्यो वर्णानां प्रथमोऽनघ ॥ १९ ॥

ITRANS:

nāgendrāṇām ananto ’haṁmṛgendraḥ śṛṅgi-daṁṣṭriṇāmāśramāṇām ahaṁ turyovarṇānāṁ prathamo ’nagha

Translation:

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.

Purport: