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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 6]
TRANSLATION
Living entities who are associates of Rudra develop in the third mode of material nature, or ignorance. They are situated in the sky between the earthly planets.
PURPORT
This middle portion of the sky is called Bhuvarloka, as confirmed by both Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is stated that those who develop in the mode of passion are situated in the middle region. Those who are situated in the mode of goodness are promoted to the regions of the demigods, those who are situated in the mode of passion are placed in human society, and those who are situated in the mode of ignorance are placed in the society of animals or ghosts. There are no contradictions in this conclusion. Numerous living entities are distributed all over the universe in different planets and are so situated in terms of their own qualities in the modes of material nature.
TEXT 30
मुखतोऽयर्तत ब्रह्म पुरुषस्य कुरुद्वह । यस्तून्मुखत्वाद्वर्णानां मुख्योऽभूद्वाह्मणो गुरुः॥३०॥
mukhato 'vartata brahma   puruṣasya kurūdvaha   yas tūnmukhatvād varṇānām   mukhyo 'bhūd brāhmaṇo guruḥ
mukhataḥ —from the mouth;  avartata —generated;  brahma —the Vedic wisdom;  puruṣasya —of the  virāṭa-puruṣa , the gigantic form;  kuru-udvaha —O chief of the Kuru dynasty;  yaḥ —who are;  tu —due to;  unmukhatvāt —inclined to;  varṇānām —of the orders of society;  mukhyaḥ —the chief;  abhūt —so became;  brāhmaṇaḥ —called the  brāhmaṇas ;  guruḥ —the recognized teacher or spiritual master.
TRANSLATION
O chief of the Kuru dynasty, the Vedic wisdom became manifested from the mouth of the  virāṭa , the gigantic form. Those who are inclined to this Vedic knowledge are called  brāhmaṇas , and they are the natural teachers and spiritual masters of all the orders of society.