तस्य वै देवदेवस्य हरेर्यज्ञपते: प्रभो: । ब्राह्मणा: प्रभवो दैवं न तेभ्यो विद्यते परम् ॥ ३९ ॥
tasya vai deva-devasya harer yajña-pateḥ prabhoḥ brāhmaṇāḥ prabhavo daivaṁ na tebhyo vidyate param
- tasya
- of Him
- vai
- even
- deva-devasya
- of the Lord of lords
- hareḥ
- Kṛṣṇa
- yajña
- of Vedic sacrifice
- pateḥ
- the controller
- prabhoḥ
- the supreme master
- brāhmaṇāḥ
- the brāhmaṇas
- prabhavaḥ
- masters
- daivam
- deity
- na
- not
- tebhyaḥ
- than them
- vidyate
- exists
- param
- greater
Lord Hari is the God of all gods, the master of all sacrifices, and the supreme ruler. But He accepts the saintly brāhmaṇas as His masters, and so there exists no deity higher than them.