Text 22] Lord Rsabhadeva’s Teachings 195

peror of this planet. Serving a devotee means serving the Supreme Lord,
for a devotee always represents the Lord. When a devotee is in charge.
the government is always congenial and beneficial for everyone.

TEXTS 21-22

aay dea sgam 4
aay = aatalagn: |

adt ATM: WAKadsty
Terafagt froma 7 1RzH

zagqteat TATA ITA

CU ARAN TIT |
wa Te asa After:
CS FOC OMIEL AT

bhitesu virudbhya uduttama ye
sarisrpds tesu sabodha-nisthah

tato manusyah pramathas tato ’pi
gandharva-siddha vibudhanuga ye

devasurebhyo maghavat-pradhana
daksddayo brahma-sutds tu tesam

bhavah parah so ’tha virinca-viryah
sa mat-paro *harh dvija-deva-devah

bhittesu—among things generated (with and without symptoms of
life); virudbhyah—than the plants: uduttamah—far superior: ye—
those who; sarisrpah—moving entities like worms and snakes: tesu—of
them; sa-bodha-nisthah—those who have developed intelligence:
tatah—than them: manusyah—the human beings: pramathah—the
ghostly spirits: tatah api—better than them: gandharva—the inhabi-
tants of Gandharvaloka (appointed singers in the planets of the
demigods): siddhah—the inhabitants of Siddhaloka. who have all mystic
powers; vibudha-anugah—the Kinnaras; ye—those who: deva—the
