Sūta said: O brahmins, these are the Vyāsas: (1) Kratu,[3] (2) Satya, (3) Bhārgava, (4) Aṅgiras, (5) Savitṛ, (6) Mṛtyu, (7) Śatakratu, (8) Vasiṣṭha, (9) Sārasvata, (10) Tridhāman, (11) Trivṛta, (12) Śatatejas, (13) Dharma who is known as Nārāyaṇa, (14) Tarakṣu, (15) Aruṇim (16) Kṛtañjaya, (17) Ṛtañjaya, (18) Bharadvāja, (19) Gautama, (20) Vācaśravas, (21) Suṣmāyaṇi, (22) Śuci, (23) Tṛṇavindu, (24) Rukṣa, (25) Śakti, (26) Parāśara the son of Śakti, (27) Jātukarṇya, (28) Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana who was Viṣṇu himself.