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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 2]
business, industry and moneymaking; they are called  vaiśyas . And there is another class who are neither intelligent nor martially spirited nor endowed with the capacity for economic development but who simply can serve others. They are called  śūdras , or the laborer class. This system is  sanātana —it comes from time immemorial, and it will continue in the same way. There is no power in the world which can stop it. Therefore, since this  sanātana-dharma  system is eternal, one can elevate himself to the highest standard of spiritual life by following the Vedic principles. It is stated that formerly the sages followed this system; therefore to follow the Vedic system is to follow the standard etiquette of society. But the followers of Lord Śiva, who are drunkards, who are addicted to intoxicants and sex life, who do not bathe and who smoke  gāñjā , are against all human etiquette. The conclusion is that persons who rebel against the Vedic principles are themselves the evidence that the  Vedas  are authoritative because by not following the Vedic principles they become like animals. Such animalistic persons are themselves evidence of the supremacy of the Vedic regulations.
TEXT 32
तद्वक्ष परमं शुद्धं सतां वर्त्मं सनातनम् । विगर्ध यात पाषण्डं दैवं वो यत्र भूतराट ॥३२॥
tad-brahma paramaṁ śuddhaṁ satāṁ vartma sanātanam vigarhya yāta pāṣaṇḍaṁ daivaṁ vo yatra bhūta-rāṭ
tat—that; brahma—Veda; paramam—supreme; śuddham—pure; satām—of the saintly persons; vartma—path; sanātanam—eternal; vigarhya—blaspheming; yāta—should go; pāṣaṇḍam—to atheism; daivam—deity; vaḥ—your; yatra—where; bhūta-rāṭ—the lord of the bhūtas.
TRANSLATION
By blaspheming the principles of the Vedas, which are the pure and supreme path of the saintly persons, certainly you followers of Bhūtapati, Lord Śiva, will descend to the standard of atheism without a doubt.
PURPORT
Lord Śiva is described here as  bhūta-rāṭ . The ghosts and those who are situated in the material mode of ignorance are called  bhūtas , so  bhūta-rāṭ  means the leader of the creatures who are in the lowest