Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10: The Divine Glories

Bhagavad Gita 10.29

anantaścāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasāmaham | pitṝṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatāmaham ||

Among the nagas I am Ananta; among creatures of the water I am Varuna; among the ancestors I am Aryaman; among those who keep order I am Yama.

Modern context

Among serpent beings, Ananta, the endless one on whom Vishnu rests; among water beings, Varuna, guardian of cosmic order; among ancestors, their chief; among those who keep order, Yama, the god of death and justice. Death appears here as a keeper of order, not as an enemy. Even the end of life is part of a just and balanced whole.