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.