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The First Step in God Realization
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TEXT 37
ब्रह्माननं क्षत्रभुजो महात्मा  
 विद्दुरुद्धिश्रितकृष्णवर्णः ।  
 नानाभिधाभीज्यगणोपपन्नो  
 द्रव्यात्मकः कर्म वितानयोगः ॥३७॥
brahmānanam kṣatra-bhujo mahātmā 
  viḍ ūrur aṅghriśrita-kṛṣṇa-varṇaḥ 
  nānābhidhābhījyagaṇopapanno 
  dravyātmakaḥ karma vitāna-yogaḥ
brahma—the brāhmaṇas; ānanam—face; kṣatra—the kṣatriyas; bhujaḥ—the arms; mahātmā—the virāṭa puruṣa; viṭ—the vaiśyas; ūruḥ—thighs; aṅghriśrita—under the protection of his feet; kṛṣṇa-varṇaḥ—the śūdras; nānā—various; abhidhā—by names; abhījyagaṇa—the demigods; upapannaḥ—being overtaken; dravyātmakaḥ—with feasible goods; karma—activities; vitāna-yogaḥ—performances of sacrifice.
TRANSLATION
The virāṭa puruṣa's face is the brāhmaṇas, His arms are the kṣatriyas, His thighs are the vaiśyas, and the śūdras are under the protection of His feet. All the demigods who are worshipable are also overtaken by Him, and it is the duty of everyone to perform sacrifices with feasible goods to appease the Lord.
PURPORT
Monotheism is practically suggested here. Offering sacrifices to many demigods under different names is mentioned in the Vedic literatures, but the suggestion made in this verse is that all those varieties of demigods are included in the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; they are only the parts and parcels of the original whole. Similarly, the divisions of the orders of the human society, namely the  brāhmaṇas  or the intelligent class, the  kṣatriyas  or the administrators, the  vaiśyas  or the mercantile community and the  śūdras  or the laborer class, are all included in the body of the Supreme. As such, sacrifice by every one of them in terms of pleasing