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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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<< VERSE 19 >>
nāgendrāṇām ananto ’haṁ mṛgendraḥ śṛṅgi-daṁṣṭriṇām āśramāṇām ahaṁ turyo varṇānāṁ prathamo ’nagha
WORD BY WORD
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.
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PURPORT
| This verse has not purport by His Holiness Hṛdayānanda dās Gosvāmi, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmī Prabhupāda.
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