जीवा: श्रेष्ठा ह्यजीवानां तत: प्राणभृत: शुभे । त: सचित्ता: प्रवरास्ततश्चेन्द्रियवृत्तय: ॥ २८ ॥
jivah srestha hy ajivanam tatah prana-bhrtah subhe tatah sa-cittah pravaras tatas cendriya-vrttayah
- jivah
- living entities
- sresthah
- better
- hi
- indeed
- ajivanam
- than inanimate objects
- tatah
- than them
- prana-bhrtah
- entities with life symptoms
- subhe
- O blessed mother
- tatah
- than them
- sa-cittah
- entities with developed consciousness
- pravarah
- better
- tatah
- than them
- ca
- and
- indriya-vrttayah
- those with sense perception.
Living entities are superior to inanimate objects, O blessed mother, and among them, living entities who display life symptoms are better. Animals with developed consciousness are better than them, and better still are those who have developed sense perception.