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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
SYNONYMS
praja-patinBrahma and his sons like Daksa and others; manunthe periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu; devanlike Indra, Candra and Varuna; rsinlike Bhrgu and Vasistha; pitr-gananthe inhabitants of the Pita planets; prthakseparately; siddhathe inhabitants of the Siddha planet; caranathe inhabitants of the Carana planet; gandharvanthe inhabitants of the Gandharva planets; vidyadhrathe inhabitants of the Vidyadhara planet; asurathe atheists; guhyakanthe inhabitants of the Yaksa planet; kinnarathe inhabitants of the Kinnara planet; apsarasahthe beautiful angels of the Apsara planet; naganthe serpentine inhabitants of Nagaloka; sarpanthe inhabitants of Sarpaloka (snakes); kimpurusanthe monkey-shaped inhabitants of the Kimpurusa planet; naranthe inhabitants of earth; matrthe inhabitants of Matrloka; raksahthe inhabitants of the demoniac planet; pisacanthe inhabitants of Pisacaloka; caalso; pretathe inhabitants of Pretaloka; bhutathe evil spirits; vinayakanthe goblins; kusmandawill-o'-the-wisp; unmadalunatics; vetalanthe jinn; yatudhanana particular type of evil spirit; grahanthe good and evil stars; apialso; khaganthe birds; mrganthe forest animals; pasunthe household animals; vrksanthe ghosts; girinthe mountains; nrpaO King; sarisrpanreptiles; dvi-vidhahthe moving and the standing living entities; catuh-vidhahliving entities born from embryos, eggs, perspiration and seeds; yeothers; anyeall; jalawater; sthalaland; nabha-okasahbirds; kusalain happiness; akusalahin distress; misrahin mixed happiness and distress; karmanamaccording to one's own past deeds; gatayahas result of; tubut; imahall of them.
TRANSLATION
O King, know from me that all living entities are created by the Supreme Lord according to their past deeds. This includes Brahma and his sons like Daksa, the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, the demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuna, the great sages like Bhrgu, Vyasa and Vasistha, the inhabitants of Pitrloka and Siddhaloka, the Caranas, Gandharvas, Vidyadharas, Asuras, Yaksas, Kinnaras and angels, the serpentines, the monkey-shaped Kimpurusas, the human beings, the inhabitants of Matrloka, the demons, Pisacas, ghosts, spirits, lunatics and evil spirits, the 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 born from embryos, from eggs, from perspiration and from seeds, and all others, whether they be in the water, land or sky, in happiness, in distress or in mixed happiness and distress. All of them, according to their past deeds, are created by the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT
The varieties of living entities are mentioned in this list, and, with no exception from the 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. Therefore no one is independent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the Bhagavad-gita (14.4) the Lord therefore claims all living entities as His offspring in the following verse:
The material nature is compared to the mother. Although every living being is seen to come out of the mother's body, it is still 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 in different varieties of forms and positions within the innumerable universes are all born of the seeds of the Almighty Father, the Personality of Godhead, and only to the man with a poor fund of knowledge they appear to be born 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 combine to manifest all universal affairs.
Some of the living entities are relatively happy in better conditions of life, whereas others are in distressed conditions of life. But factually, none of them are actually happy in material conditional life. No one can be happy in prison life, although one may be a first-class prisoner and another 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 home, back to Godhead. That is the real goal for all types of living entities.
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