praja-patin manun devan
rsin pitr-ganan prthak
siddha-carana-gandharvan
vidyadhrasura-guhyakan
kinnarapsaraso nagan
sarpan kimpurusan naran
matr raksah-pisacams ca
preta-bhuta-vinayakan
kusmandonmada-vetalan
yatudhanan grahan api
khagan mrgan pasun vrksan
girin nrpa sarisrpan
dvi-vidhas catur-vidha ye 'nye
jala-sthala-nabhaukasah
kusalakusala misrah
karmanam gatayas tv imah
praja-patin -- Brahma and his sons like Daksa and others; manun -- the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu; devan -- like Indra, Candra and Varuna; rsin -- like Bhrgu and Vasistha; pitr-ganan -- the inhabitants of the Pita planets; prthak -- separately; siddha -- the inhabitants of the Siddha planet; carana -- the inhabitants of the Carana planet; gandharvan -- the inhabitants of the Gandharva planets; vidyadhra -- the inhabitants of the Vidyadhara planet; asura -- the atheists; guhyakan -- the inhabitants of the Yaksa planet; kinnara -- the inhabitants of the Kinnara planet; apsarasah -- the beautiful angels of the Apsara planet; nagan -- the serpentine inhabitants of Nagaloka; sarpan -- the inhabitants of Sarpaloka (snakes); kimpurusan -- the monkey-shaped inhabitants of the Kimpurusa planet; naran -- the inhabitants of earth; matr -- the inhabitants of Matrloka; raksah -- the inhabitants of the demoniac planet; pisacan -- the inhabitants of Pisacaloka; ca -- also; preta -- the inhabitants of Pretaloka; bhuta -- the evil spirits; vinayakan -- the goblins; kusmanda -- will-o'-the-wisp; unmada -- lunatics; vetalan -- the jinn; yatudhanan -- a particular type of evil spirit; grahan -- the good and evil stars; api -- also; khagan -- the birds; mrgan -- the forest animals; pasun -- the household animals; vrksan -- the ghosts; girin -- the mountains; nrpa -- O King; sarisrpan -- reptiles; dvi-vidhah -- the moving and the standing living entities; catuh-vidhah -- living entities born from embryos, eggs, perspiration and seeds; ye -- others; anye -- all; jala -- water; sthala -- land; nabha-okasah -- birds; kusala -- in happiness; akusalah -- in distress; misrah -- in mixed happiness and distress; karmanam -- according to one's own past deeds; gatayah -- as result of; tu -- but; imah -- all of them.
The varieties of living entities are mentioned in this list, and, with no exception from the topmost planet down to the lowest planet of the universe, all of them in different species of life are created by the Almighty Father, Visnu. Therefore no one is independent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the Bhagavad-gita (14.4) the Lord therefore claims all living entities as His offspring in the following verse:
sarva-yonisu kaunteya
murtayah sambhavanti yah
tasam brahma mahad yonir
aham bija-pradah pita
The material nature is compared to the mother. Although every living being is seen to come out of the mother's body, it is still a fact that the mother is not the ultimate cause of such a birth. The father is the ultimate cause of birth. Without the father's seed, no mother can give birth to a child. Therefore the living beings in different varieties of forms and positions within the innumerable universes are all born of the seeds of the Almighty Father, the Personality of Godhead, and only to the man with a poor fund of knowledge they appear to be born of the material nature. Being under the material energy of the Supreme Lord, all living entities beginning from Brahma down to the insignificant ant are manifested in different bodies according to their past deeds.
The material nature is one of the energies of the Lord (Bg. 7.4). The material nature is inferior in comparison to the living entities, the superior nature. The superior nature and inferior nature of the Lord combine to manifest all universal affairs.
Some of the living entities are relatively happy in better conditions of life, whereas others are in distressed conditions of life. But factually, none of them are actually happy in material conditional life. No one can be happy in prison life, although one may be a first-class prisoner and another a third-class prisoner. The intelligent person should not try to be promoted from third-class prison life to first-class prison life, but should try to be released from the prison altogether. One may be promoted to first-class prisoner, but the same first-class prisoner is again degraded to a third-class prisoner in the next term. One should try to be free from prison life and go back home, back to Godhead. That is the real goal for all types of living entities.
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