Vasudeva said-'Since, O foremost of men, your devotion to me is very great, for this, O prince, I have shown my divine form to you.
वासुदेव उवाच यतः खलु पुरा भक्तिर्मयि ते पुरुषर्षभ। ततो मया वपुर्दिव्यं त्वयि राजन् प्रदर्शितम्॥