SB 11.16.13

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 16: The Lord's Opulence

SB 11.16.12

SB 11.16.14

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 13

indro 'haṁ sarva-devānāṁ
vasūnām asmi havya-vāṭ
ādityānām ahaṁ viṣṇū
rudrāṇāṁ nīla-lohitaḥ

SYNONYMS

indraḥ—Lord Indra; aham—I am; sarva-devānām—among the demigods; vasūnām—among the Vasus; asmi—I am; havya-vāṭ—the carrier of oblations, the fire-god Agni; ādityānām—among the sons of Aditi; aham—I am; viṣṇuḥ—Viṣṇu; rudrāṇām—among the Rudras; nīla-lohitaḥ—Lord Śiva.

TRANSLATION

Among the demigods I am Indra, and among the Vasus I am Agni, the god of fire. I am Viṣṇu among the sons of Aditi, and among the Rudras I am Lord Śiva.

PURPORT

Lord Viṣṇu appeared among the sons of Aditi as Vāmanadeva.