एकद्वित्रिचतुष्पादो बहुपादस्तथापद: । बह्व्य: सन्ति पुर: सृष्टास्तासां मे पौरुषी प्रिया ॥ २२ ॥
eka-dvi-tri-catuṣ-pādo bahu-pādas tathāpadaḥ bahvyaḥ santi puraḥ sṛṣṭās tāsāṁ me pauruṣī priyā
- eka
- one
- dvi
- two
- tri
- three
- catuḥ
- four
- pādaḥ
- having legs
- bahu-pādaḥ
- having many legs
- tathā
- also
- apadaḥ
- having no legs
- bahvyaḥ
- many
- santi
- there are
- puraḥ
- different kinds of bodies
- sṛṣṭāḥ
- created
- tāsām
- of them
- me
- to Me
- pauruṣī
- the human form
- priyā
- is most dear
In this world there are many kinds of created bodies — some with one leg, others with two, three, four or more legs, and still others with no legs — but of all these, the human form is actually dear to Me.