Shloka 36
The First Step in God Realization: The Glory of Hearing and the Virāṭ-Rūpa Meditation
वयांसि तद्व्याकरणं विचित्रं मनुर्मनीषा मनुजो निवास: । गन्धर्वविद्याधरचारणाप्सर: स्वरस्मृतीरसुरानीकवीर्य: ॥ ३६ ॥
vayāṁsi tad-vyākaraṇaṁ vicitraṁ manur manīṣā manujo nivāsaḥ gandharva-vidyādhara-cāraṇāpsaraḥ svara-smṛtīr asurānīka-vīryaḥ
ငှက်အမျိုးမျိုးသည် သခင်၏ အနုပညာမြောက်သော အရသာကို ပြသသော လက္ခဏာများဖြစ်သည်။ မနုသည် သခင်၏ စံပြဉာဏ်၏ သင်္ကေတဖြစ်ပြီး လူသားမျိုးနွယ်သည် သခင်၏ နေရာတည်ရာဖြစ်သည်။ ဂန္ဓဗ္ဗ၊ ဝိဒ္ယာဓရ၊ ခာရဏ နှင့် အပ္စရာတို့သည် သခင်၏ သံစဉ်-လှိုင်းကို ကိုယ်စားပြု၍၊ အဆုရစစ်တပ်သည် သခင်၏ အံ့ဖွယ် သတ္တိဗီရိယကို ကိုယ်စားပြုသည်။
The aesthetic sense of the Lord is manifested in the artistic, colorful creation of varieties of birds like the peacock, parrot and cuckoo. The celestial species of human beings, like the Gandharvas and Vidyādharas, can sing wonderfully and can entice even the minds of the heavenly demigods. Their musical rhythm represents the musical sense of the Lord. How then can He be impersonal? His musical taste, artistic sense and standard intelligence, which is never fallible, are different signs of His supreme personality. The Manu-saṁhitā is the standard lawbook for humanity, and every human being is advised to follow this great book of social knowledge. Human society is the residential quarters for the Lord. This means that the human being is meant for God realization and association with God. This life is a chance for the conditioned soul to regain his eternal God consciousness and thus fulfill the mission of life. Mahārāja Prahlāda is the right type of representative of the Lord in the family of asuras. None of the living beings is away from the Lord’s gigantic body. Each and every one has a particular duty in relation to the supreme body. Disruption in the matter of discharging the specific duty assigned to each and every living being is the cause of disharmony between one living being and another, but when the relation is reestablished in relation with the Supreme Lord, there is complete unity between all living beings, even up to the limit of the wild animals and human society. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu displayed this living unity in the jungle of Madhya Pradesh, where even the tigers, elephants and many other ferocious animals perfectly cooperated in glorifying the Supreme Lord. That is the way to peace and amity all over the world.
FAQs
This verse teaches that the Lord’s one potency is expressed in many ways—speech in birds, law in Manu, intelligence and dwelling in humans, refined arts in celestial beings, and strength in Asuras—showing a single divine source behind diverse capacities.
Śukadeva lists representative classes of beings to show how the same supreme arrangement manifests as different prominent qualities—Manu representing governance and dharma, others representing expression, culture, memory, or power.
Recognize diverse talents and temperaments as expressions of one higher order; use one’s particular strength in service to dharma and devotion rather than pride, envy, or exploitation.