I have thus told you, O Partha, what the destinations are between my worshippers. Yourself, O son of Kunti, and myself are known as Nara and Narayana. Both of us have taken human bodies only for the purpose of lightening the load of the Earth.
भक्तं प्रति विशेषस्ते एष पार्थानुकीर्तितः। त्वं चैवाहं च कौन्तेय नरनारायणौ स्मृतौ॥ भारावतरणार्थं तु प्रविष्टौ मानुषीं तनुम्।