Of the many-hooded Nagas I am Ananta; of the aquatic deities I am Varuna. Of departed ancestors I am Aryama; and among the dispensers of law I am Yama, the lord of death.

Among the Nāgas (great serpent beings): Ananta — the infinite, the serpent on whom Vishnu rests, whose very name means "without end." Among ocean deities: Varuna — the ancient god of cosmic order. Among the ancestors: Aryama — the noble one who governs the ancestral realm. Among the dispensers of justice: Yama — the god of death who keeps the cosmic moral order.