Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.51.39-40

tathāpy adyatanāny ańga

śṛnuṣva gadato mama

vijñāpito viriñcena

purāhaḿ dharma-guptaye

bhūmer bhārāyamāṇānām

asurāṇāḿ kṣayāya ca

avatīrṇo yadu-kule

gṛha ānakadundubheḥ

vadanti vāsudeveti

vasudeva-sutaḿ hi mām

SYNONYMS

tathā api — nevertheless; adyatanāni — those current; ańga — O friend; śṛṇuṣva — just hear; gadataḥ — who am speaking; mama — from Me; vijñāpitaḥ — sincerely requested; viriñcena — by Lord Brahmā; purā — in the past; aham — I; dharma — religious principles; guptaye — to protect; bhūmeḥ — for the earth; bhārāyamāṇānām — who are a burden; asurāṇām — of the demons; kṣayāya — for the destruction; ca — and; avatīrṇaḥ — descended; yadu — of Yadu; kule — into the dynasty; gṛhe — in the home; ānakadundubheḥ — of Vasudeva; vadanti — people call; vāsudevaḥ iti — by the name Vāsudeva; vasudeva-sutam — the son of Vasudeva; hi — indeed; mām — Me.

TRANSLATION

Nonetheless, O friend, I will tell you about My current birth, name and activities. Kindly hear. Some time ago, Lord Brahmā requested Me to protect religious principles and destroy the demons who were burdening the earth. Thus I descended in the Yadu dynasty, in the home of Ānakadundubhi. Indeed, because I am the son of Vasudeva, people call Me Vāsudeva.

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