"He who always grants the Pandavas a mind bent on good, who continually gives them strength in battle and guards them from danger — He is this eternal God, benevolent and full of every mystery; He is to be known as Vasudeva, of whom you ask me, Bharata. He is served and worshipped by brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras rightly marked by their duties, who remain ever devoted to their own work. At the end of the Dvapara age and the beginning of the Kali age, having taken up the way of the Satvatas, He was sung of by Sankarshana. This Vasudeva, age after age, again and again creates His human dwelling — for the whole world of asuras and mortals, and for the cities girded by the belt of the ocean."