भौमं दिव्यं मानुषं च महित्वं कर्मयोगजम् । यश्चक्रे निरयौपम्यं पुरुषानुजनप्रिय: ॥ ४१ ॥
bhaumam divyam manusam ca mahitvam karma-yogajam yas cakre nirayaupamyam purusanujana-priyah
- bhaumam
- of the lower planes
- divyam
- heavenly
- manusam
- of human beings
- ca
- also
- mahitvam
- all opulences
- karma
- by fruitive activities
- yoga
- by mystic power
- jam
- born
- yah
- one who
- cakre
- did
- niraya
- with hell
- aupamyam
- comparison or equality
- purusa
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- anujana
- to the devotee
- priyah
- most dear.
As a great follower and devotee of the sage Narada, Maharaja Priyavrata considered hellish the opulences he had achieved by dint of fruitive activities and mystic power, whether in the lower or heavenly planeary systems or in human society