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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.29.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- rūpa-bheda-vidas tatra
- tataś cobhayato-dataḥ
- teṣāṁ bahu-padāḥ śreṣṭhāś
- catuṣ-pādas tato dvi-pāt
rūpadistinctions of form-bhedadistinctions of form — distinctions of form; vidaḥthose who perceive — those who perceive; tatrathan them — than them; tataḥthan them — than them; caand — and; ubhayataḥin both jaws — in both jaws; dataḥthose with teeth — those with teeth; teṣāmof them — of them; bahuthose who have many legs-padāḥthose who have many legs — those who have many legs; śreṣṭhāḥbetter — better; catuḥfour-legged-pādaḥfour-legged — four-legged; tataḥthan them — than them; dvitwo-legged-pāttwo-legged — two-legged.
Better than those living entities who can perceive sound are those who can distinguish between one form and another. Better than them are those who have developed upper and lower sets of teeth, and better still are those who have many legs. Better than them are the quadrupeds, and better still are the human beings.
It is said that certain birds, such as crows, can distinguish one form from another. Living entities that have many legs, like the wasp, are better than plants and grasses, which have no legs. Four-legged animals are better than many-legged living entities, and better than the animals is the human being, who has only two legs.