SB 2.10.37, SB 2.10.38, SB 2.10.39, SB 2.10.40, SB 2.10.37-40

TEXTS 37-40

TEXT

प्रजापतीन्मनून्देवान् ऋषीन्पितृगणान्पृथक् ।
सिद्धचारणगन्धर्वान् विद्याध्रासुरगुह्यकान् ।
किन्नराप्सरसो नागान् सर्पान्किम्पुरुषान्नरान् ।
मातॄ रक्षः पिशाचांश्च प्रेतभूतविनायकान् ।
कूष्माण्डोन्मादवेतालान् यातुधानान्ग्रहानपि ।
खगान्मृगान्पशून्वृक्षान् गिरीन्नृप सरीसृपान् ।
द्विविधाश्चतुर्विधा ये ऽन्ये जलस्थलनभौकसः ।
कुशलाकुशला मिश्राः कर्मणां गतयस्त्विमाः ॥ ४० ॥

praja-patin manun devan

rsin pitr-ganan prthak

siddha-carana-gandharvan

vidyadhrasura-guhyakan

kinnarapsaraso nagan

sarpan kimpurusan naran

matr raksah pisacams ca

preta-bhuta-vinayakan

kusmandonmada-vetalan

yatudhanan grahan api

khagan mrgan pasun vrksan

girin nrpa sarisrpan

dvi-vidhas catur-vidha ye 'nye

jala-sthala-nabhaukasah

kusalakusala misrah

karmanam gatayas tv imah

praja-patin-Brahma and his sons like Daksa and others; manun-the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, etc.; devan-like Indra, Candra, Varuna, etc.; rsin-like Bhrgu, Vasistha, etc.; pitrganan-the inhabitants of the Pita planets; prthak-separately; siddha-the inhabitants of the Siddha planet; carana-inhabitants of the Carana planet; gandharvan-inhabitants of the Gandharva planets; vidyadhra-inhabitants of the same planet; asura-the atheists; guhyakan-the inhabitants of the Yaksa planet; kinnara-the inhabitants of the Kinnara planet; apsarasah-the beautiful angels of the Apsara planet; nagan-the inhabitants of the Nagaloka (serpentine); sarpan-inhabitants of the Sarpaloka (snakes); kimpurusan-monkey-shaped inhabitants of the Kimpurusa planet; naran-inhabitants of the earth; matr-inhabitants of the Matrloka; raksah-inhabitants of the demoniac planet; pisacan-inhabitants of the Pisacaloka; ca-also; preta-inhabitants of Pretaloka; bhuta-the evil spirits; vinayakan-the goblins; kusmanda-will o' the wisp; unmada-lunatics; vetalan-the jinn; yatudhanan-a particular type of evil spirit; grahan-the good and evil stars; api-also; khagan-the birds; mrgan-the forest animals; pasun-the household animals; vrksan-the ghosts; girin-the mountains; nrpa-O King; sarisrpan-reptiles; dvi-vidhah-the moving and the standing living entities; catur-vidhah-living entities born in the embryo, in eggs, in perspiration and in seeds; ye-others; anye-all; jala-water; sthala-land; nabhaukasah-birds; kusala-in happiness; akusalah-in distress; misrah-in mixed happiness and distress; karmanam-according to one's own past deeds; gatayah-as result of; tu-but; imah-all of them.

TRANSLATION

O King, know from me that Brahma and his sons, like Daksa, and the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, etc., demigods like Indra, Candra, Varuna, etc., great sages like Bhrgu, Vyasa, Vasistha, etc., the inhabitants of the Pitrloka, the inhabitants of the Siddhaloka, the Caranas, Gandharvas, Vidyadharas, Asuras, Yaksas, Kinnaras, Angels, the serpentines, the monkey-shaped Kimpurusas , the human beings, the inhabitants of Matrloka, the demons, Pisacas, ghosts, spirits, lunatics, evil spirits, good and evil stars, the goblins, the animals in the forest, the birds, the household animals, the reptiles, the mountains, the moving and standing living entities, the living entities who are born in embryos, in eggs, in perspiration and in seeds, and all others who may be in the water, land and sky, who may be in happiness or in distress or in mixed happiness and distress, according to past deeds, are all created by the Supreme Lord.

PURPORT

The varieties of living entities are mentioned in this list, and, with no exception from the highest topmost planet down to the lowest planet of the universe, all of them in different species of life are created by the Almighty Father Visnu, and therefore no one is independent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord therefore claims all living entities as His offsprings in the following verse:

sarva-yonisu kaunteya murtayah sambhavanti yah
tasam brahma mahad yonir aham bija-pradah pita
(Bg. 14.4)

The material nature is compared to the mother. Although every living being is seen to be coming out of the mother's body, still it is a fact that the mother is not the ultimate cause of such a birth. The father is the ultimate cause of birth. Without the father's seed, no mother can give birth to a child. Therefore the living beings that are within the innumerable universes in different varieties of forms and position are all born out of the seeds of the Almighty Father, Personality of Godhead, and only to the man with a poor fund of knowledge does it appear that they are born out of the material nature. Being under the material energy of the Supreme Lord, all living entities beginning from Brahma down to the insignificant ant are manifested in different bodies according to their past deeds.

The material nature is one of the energies of the Lord (Bg. 7.4). The material nature is inferior in comparison to the living entities, the superior nature. The superior nature and inferior nature of the Lord combined together to manifest the whole universal affairs.

Some of the living entities are relatively happy and in better conditions of life, whereas others are in distressed conditions of life. But factually none of them are actually happy in the material conditional life. No one can be happy in prison life, although one is a first-class prisoner and the other is a third-class prisoner. The intelligent person should not try to be promoted from third-class prison life to first-class prison life, but should try to be released from the prison altogether. One may be promoted to first-class prisoner, but the same first-class prisoner is again degraded to a third-class prisoner in the next term. One should try to be free from prison life and go back to home, back to Godhead. That is the real goal for all types of living entities.

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