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.

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.