10.37

Sanskrit

वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः । मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ॥ ३७ ॥

vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo'smi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanañjayaḥ munīnām apy ahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnām uśanā kaviḥ

Translation

Of the Vṛishnis Vâsudeva am I; of the Pândavas Dhananjaya; of the Sages also I am Vyâsa; of poets Ushanâ the Bard.

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

Krishna names Vasudeva, his own patronymic, among the Vrishnis, and Dhananjaya — Arjuna’s own epithet — among the Pandavas. This is the one moment in the entire vibhuti catalogue where Krishna names his listener as an instance of the principle being taught; Arjuna isn’t just being instructed about vibhuti, he’s told he is one.