vāsudevo bhagavatāḿ
tvaḿ tu bhāgavateṣv aham
kimpuruṣānāḿ hanumān
vidyādhrāṇāḿ sudarśanaḥ
vasudevah -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhagavatam -- of those entitled to the name Bhagavan; tvam -- you; tu -- indeed; bhagavateshu -- among My devotees; aham -- I am; kimpurushanam -- among the Kimpurushas; hanuman -- Hanuman; vidyadhranam -- among the Vidyadharas; sudarsanah -- Sudarsana.
Among those entitled to the name Bhagavan I am Vasudeva, and indeed, you, Uddhava, represent Me among the devotees. I am Hanuman among the Kimpurushas, and among the Vidyadharas I am Sudarsana.
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, Bhagavan. Although many great personalities are sometimes called Bhagavan, ultimately Bhagavan 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-vyuha, or quadruple expansion, the first manifestation is Vasudeva, who here represents all of the Lord's expansions in the vishnu-tattva category.
