Bhagavata Purana 11.16.19
Srimad Bhagavatam · 16 · Verse 19
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Sanskrit Original
नागेन्द्राणामनन्तोऽहं मृगेन्द्र: शृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिणाम् । आश्रमाणामहं तुर्यो वर्णानां प्रथमोऽनघ ॥ १९ ॥
nāgendrāṇām ananto ’haṁ mṛgendraḥ śṛṅgi-daṁṣṭriṇām āśramāṇām ahaṁ turyo varṇānāṁ prathamo ’nagha
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O sinless Uddhava, among the best of snakes I am Anantadeva, and among those animals with sharp horns or 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 brāhmaṇas.