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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 29]
rūpa-bheda-vidas tatra tataś cobhayato dataḥ teṣām bahu-padāḥ śreṣṭhāś catuṣ-pādas tato dvi-pāt
rūpa-bheda —distinctions of form;  vidaḥ —those who perceive;  tatra —than them;  tataḥ —than them;  ca —and;  ubhayataḥ —in both jaws;  dataḥ —those with teeth;  teṣām —of them;  bahu-padāḥ —those who have many legs;  śreṣṭhāḥ —better;  catuḥ-pādaḥ —four-legged;  tataḥ —than them;  dvi-pāt —two-legged.
TRANSLATION
Better than those living entities who can perceive sound are those who can distinguish between one form and another. Better than them are those who have developed upper and lower sets of teeth, and better still are those who have many legs. Better than them are the quadrupeds, and better still are the human beings.
PURPORT
It is said that certain birds, such as crows, can distinguish one form from another. Living entities that have many legs, like the wasp, are better than plants and grasses, which have no legs. Four-legged animals are better than many-legged living entities, and better than the animals is the human being, who has only two legs.
TEXT 31
ततो वर्णाश्च चत्वारस्तेषां ब्राह्मण उत्तमः ।
ब्राह्मणेष्वपि वेदज्ञो ह्यर्थज्ञोऽभ्यधिकस्ततः ॥३१॥
tato varṇāś ca catvāras teṣām brāhmaṇa uttamaḥ brāhmaṇeṣv api veda-jño hy artha-jño 'bhyadhikas tataḥ
tataḥ —among them;  varṇāḥ —classes;  ca —and;  catvāraḥ —four;  teṣām —of them;  brāhmaṇaḥ —a  brāhmaṇa ;  uttamaḥ —best;  brāhmaṇeṣu —among the  brāhmaṇas ;  api —moreover;  veda —the  Vedas ;  jñaḥ —one who knows;  hi —certainly;  artha —the purpose;  jñaḥ —one who knows;  abhyadhikaḥ —better;  tataḥ —than him.