पुरुषेष्वपि राजेन्द्र सुपात्रं ब्राह्मणं विदु: । तपसा विद्यया तुष्टया धत्ते वेदं हरेस्तनुम् ॥ ४१ ॥
purusesv api rajendra supatram brahmanam viduh tapasa vidyaya tustya dhatte vedam hares tanum
- purusesu
- among persons
- api
- indeed
- raja-indra
- O best of kings
- su-patram
- the best person
- brahmanam
- the qualified brahmana
- viduh
- one should know
- tapasa
- due to austerity
- vidyaya
- education
- tustya
- and satisfaction
- dhatte
- he assumes
- vedam
- the transcendental knowledge known as Veda
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- tanum
- body, or representation.
My dear King, of all persons a qualified brahmana must be accepted as the best within this material world because such a brahmana, by practicing austerity, Vedic studies and satisfaction, becomes the counterpart body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.