I have told you the many secret names by which Narayana is called, and what the meanings, O Bharata, are of those names, which, as I have told you the Rishis have bestowed upon the great God.
नामानि चैव गुह्यानि निरुक्तानि च भारत। ऋषिभिः कथितानीह यानि संकीर्तितानि ते॥