Chapter X · Śloka 37
वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः ।
मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ॥
मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ॥
vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo'smi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanañjayaḥ |
munīnām apy ahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnām uśanā kaviḥ ||
munīnām apy ahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnām uśanā kaviḥ ||
Among the Vṛṣṇis I am Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa Himself); among the Pāṇḍavas I am Dhanañjaya (Arjuna); among the sages I am Vyāsa; and among seers I am Uśanā (Śukrācārya).
This verse is remarkable in that Kṛṣṇa identifies Himself directly by name (Vāsudeva) and Arjuna as His own vibhūti, implying that the heroic greatness Arjuna possesses is in fact a reflection of the divine. Vyāsa, the compiler of the Vedas and author of the Mahābhārata, is the supreme sage of all time.