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qualified with the eight qualities mentioned in text 24, such as sama,
dama, satya and titiksa. The brahmanas should always be worshiped,
and under their guidance the ruler should discharge his duty and rule
the citizens. Unfortunately, in this age of Kali, the executive is not
selected by very intelligent people, nor is he guided by qualified
brahmanas. Consequently, chaos results. The mass of people should be
educated in Krsna consciousness so that according to the democratic pro-
cess they can select a first-class devotee like Bharata Maharaja to head the
government. If the head of the state is headed by qualified brahmanas,
everything is completely perfect.

In this verse, the evolutionary process is indirectly mentioned. The
modern theory that life evolves from matter is to some extent supported
in this verse because it is stated, bhitesu virudbhyah. That is, the living
entities evolve from vegetables, grass, plants and trees, which are
superior to dull matter. In other words, matter also has the potency to
manifest living entities in the form of vegetables. In this sense, life
comes out of matter, but matter also comes out of life. As Krsna says in
Bhagavad-gita (10.8), ahar sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravar-
tate: ““I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything
emanates from Me.”

There are two energies—material and spiritual—and both originally
come from Krsna. Krsna is the supreme living being. Although it may be
said that in the material world a living force is generated from matter. it
must be admitted that originally matter is generated from the supreme
living being. Nityo nityanam cetanas cetandnam. The conclusion is that
everything, both material and spiritual, is generated from the Supreme
Being. From the evolutionary point of view, perfection is reached when
the living entity attains the platform of a brahmana. A brahmana is a
worshiper of the Supreme Brahman, and the Supreme Brahman wor-
ships the brahmana. In other words. the devotee is subordinate to the
Supreme Lord, and the Lord is inclined to see to the satisfaction of His
devotee. A brahmana is called dvija-deva, and the Lord is called dvija-
deva-deva. He is the Lord of brahmanas.

The evolutionary process is also explained in Caitanya-caritamrta
(Madhya, Chapter Nineteen), wherein it is said that there are two types
of living entities—moving and nonmoving. Among moving entities.
there are birds. beasts, aquatics, human beings and so on. Of these. the
