naga-indranam -- among the best of many-hooded snakes; anantah -- Anantadeva; aham -- I am; mriga-indrah -- the lion; sringi-damshtrinam -- among animals with sharp horns and teeth; asramanam -- among the four social orders of life; aham -- I am; turyah -- the fourth, sannyasa; varnanam -- among the four occupational orders; prathamah -- the first, the brahmanas; anagha -- O sinless one.

O sinless Uddhava, among the best of snakes I am Anantadeva, and among those animals with sharp horns and 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 brahmanas.