vÄsudevo bhagavatÄá¹
tvaá¹ tu bhÄgavateá¹£v aham
kimpuruá¹£ÄnÄá¹ hanumÄn
vidyÄdhrÄṇÄá¹ sudarÅ›anaḥ
vÄsudevaḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhagavatÄm - of those entitled to the name BhagavÄn; tvam - you; tu - indeed; bhÄgavateá¹£u - among My devotees; aham - I am; kimpuruá¹£ÄṇÄm - among the Kimpuruá¹£as; hanumÄn - HanumÄn; vidyÄdhrÄṇÄm - among the VidyÄdharas; sudarÅ›anaḥ - SudarÅ›ana.
Among those entitled to the name BhagavÄn I am VÄsudeva, and indeed, you, Uddhava, represent Me among the devotees. I am HanumÄn among the Kimpuruá¹£as, and among the VidyÄdharas I am SudarÅ›ana.
The Vedic literatures state that one who possesses perfect knowledge of the creation and destruction of all entities and who is completely situated in omniscience is to be known as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, BhagavÄn. Although many great personalities are sometimes called BhagavÄn, ultimately BhagavÄn is the one supreme entity who possesses unlimited opulences. Throughout history, many important personalities have been addressed as “lord,†but ultimately there is only one Supreme Lord. In the Lord’s catur-vyÅ«ha, or quadruple expansion, the first manifestation is VÄsudeva, who here represents all of the Lord’s expansions in the viṣṇu-tattva category.
