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All the sages have thus declared Thee, as also the divine sage Narada; so also Asita, Devala and Vyasa; and now Thou Thyself sayest so to me.

All the sages say this of you, as do the divine sage Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa, and now you yourself tell it to me.

Arjuna grounds his praise in testimony. The seers have long spoken of Krishna in these terms, and he names some of them: Narada, the wandering sage of the gods; Asita and Devala, ancient seers known in epic lore; and Vyasa, the compiler of the Vedas and traditionally the author of the Mahabharata itself. Now Krishna confirms it in person. The verse shows Arjuna weighing two sources of knowledge, the word of tradition and the direct word of the teacher, and finding that they agree. It explains why his praise is conviction and not mere politeness.