भूतेषु वीरुद्भ्य उदुत्तमा ये सरीसृपास्तेषु सबोधनिष्ठा: । ततो मनुष्या: प्रमथास्ततोऽपि गन्धर्वसिद्धा विबुधानुगा ये ॥ २१ ॥ देवासुरेभ्यो मघवत्प्रधाना दक्षादयो ब्रह्मसुतास्तु तेषाम् । भव: पर: सोऽथ विरिञ्चवीर्य: स मत्परोऽहं द्विजदेवदेव: ॥ २२ ॥
bhutesu virudbhya uduttama ye sarisrpas tesu sabodha-nisthah tato manusyah pramathas tato ’pi gandharva-siddha vibudhanuga ye devasurebhyo maghavat-pradhana daksadayo brahma-sutas tu tesam bhavah parah so ’tha virinca-viryah sa mat-paro ’ham dvija-deva-devah
- bhutesu
- among things generated (with and without symptoms of life)
- virudbhyah
- than the plants
- uduttamah
- far superior
- ye
- those who
- sarisrpah
- moving entities like worms and snakes
- tesu
- of them
- sa-bodha-nisthah
- those who have developed intelligence
- tatah
- than them
- manusyah
- the human beings
- pramathah
- the ghostly spirits
- tatah api
- better than them
- gandharva
- the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka (appointed singers in the planets of the demigods)
- siddhah
- the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, who have all mystic powers
- vibudha-anugah
- the Kinnaras
- ye
- those who
- deva
- the demigods
- asurebhyah
- than the asuras
- maghavat-pradhanah
- headed by Indra
- daksa-adayah
- beginning with Daksa
- brahma-sutah
- the direct sons of Brahma
- tu
- then
- tesam
- of them
- bhavah
- Lord Siva
- parah
- the best
- sah
- he (Lord Siva)
- atha
- moreover
- virinca-viryah
- producing from Lord Brahma
- sah
- he (Brahma)
- mat-parah
- My devotee
- aham
- I
- dvija-deva-devah
- a worshiper of the brahmanas, or the Lord of the brahmanas.
Of the two energies manifest [spirit and dull matter], beings possessing living force [vegetables, grass, trees and plants] are superior to dull matter [stone, earth, etc.]. Superior to nonmoving plants and vegetables are worms and snakes, which can move. Superior to worms and snakes are animals that have developed intelligence. Superior to animals are human beings, and superior to human beings are ghosts because they have no material bodies. Superior to ghosts are the Gandharvas, and superior to them are the Siddhas. Superior to the Siddhas are the Kinnaras, and superior to them are the asuras. Superior to the asuras are the demigods, and of the demigods, Indra, the King of heaven, is supreme. Superior to Indra are the direct sons of Lord Brahma, sons like King Daksa, and supreme among Brahma’s sons is Lord Siva. Since Lord Siva is the son of Lord Brahma, Brahma is considered superior, but Brahma is also subordinate to Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because I am inclined to the brahmanas, the brahmanas are best of all.