Text 28] Explanation of Devotional Service 1261
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Compassion and friendliness do not
necessitate falsely elevating someone to the exalted position of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. We should not, at the same time,
misunderstand that the Supersoul situated in the heart of an animal like a
hog and the Supersoul situated in the heart of a learned brahmana are
different. The Supersoul in all living entities is the same Supreme
Personality of Godhead. By His omnipotency, He can live anywhere, and
He can create His Vaikuntha situation everywhere. That is His inconceiv-
able potency. Therefore, when Narayana is living in the heart of a hog, He
does not become a hog-Narayana. He is always Narayana and is unaffected
by the body of the hog.
TEXT 28
PATA EAT Ta AUT: TI |
We: af: saTATAATTT: IRI
Jivah Srestha hy ajivanam
tatah prana-bhrtah subhe
tatah sacitlah pravaras
tatas cendriya-urttayah

jivah—living entities; sresthah—better; hi—indeed; ajivandm—than
inanimate objects; tatah—than them; prana-bhrtah—entities with life
symptoms; subhe—O blessed mother; tatah—than them; sa-citlah—entities
with developed consciousness; pravarah—better; tatah—than them; ca—
and; indriya-vrttayah—those with sense perception.

TRANSLATION

Living entities are superior to inanimate objects, O blessed mother, and
among them, living entities who display life symptoms are better. Animals
with developed consciousness are better than them, and better still are
those who have developed sense perception.

PURPORT

In the previous verse it was explained that living entities should be
honored by charitable gifts and friendly behavior, and in this verse and in
the following verses, the description of different grades of living entities is
