अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् ।पितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम् ॥
anantaś cāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasām aham | pitṝṇām aryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatām aham ||
- अनन्तः · anantaḥ
- Ananta
- नागानाम् · nāgānām
- among nagas
- वरुणः · varuṇaḥ
- Varuna
- यादसाम् · yādasām
- among water-dwellers
- पितॄणाम् · pitṝṇām
- among ancestors
- अर्यमा · aryamā
- Aryaman
- यमः · yamaḥ
- Yama
- संयमताम् · saṃyamatām
- among restrainers, rulers
“Among nagas I am Ananta; among water-dwellers, Varuna. Among ancestors I am Aryaman, and among restrainers I am Yama.”
— Original plain-language translation
Depths and judgments gather here: the world-serpent, the ocean-lord, the ancestral chief, the judge of the dead. Law below and law above meet in one hand. Nothing that binds escapes his ordering.
— Reader's notes (original)