तेष्वेव भगवान् राजंस्तारतम्येन वर्तते । तस्मात्पात्रं हि पुरुषो यावानात्मा यथेयते ॥ ३८ ॥
tesv eva bhagavan rajams taratamyena vartate tasmat patram hi puruso yavan atma yatheyate
- tesu
- among the different types of bodies (demigod, human, animal, bird, etc.)
- eva
- indeed
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Paramatma feature
- rajan
- O King
- taratamyena
- comparatively, more or less
- vartate
- is situated
- tasmat
- therefore
- patram
- the Supreme Person
- hi
- indeed
- purusah
- Paramatma
- yavan
- as far as
- atma
- the degree of understanding
- yatha
- development of austerity and penance
- iyate
- is manifest
O King Yudhisthira, the Supersoul in every body gives intelligence to the individual soul according to his capacity for understanding. Therefore the Supersoul is the chief within the body. The Supersoul is manifested to the individual soul according to the individual’s comparative development of knowledge, austerity, penance and so on.