tasya vai deva-devasya
harer yajña-pateḥ prabhoḥ
brÄhmaṇÄḥ prabhavo daivaá¹
na tebhyo vidyate param
tasya - of Him; vai - even; deva-devasya - of the Lord of lords; hareḥ - Kṛṣṇa; yajña - of Vedic sacrifice; pateḥ - the controller; prabhoḥ - the supreme master; brÄhmaṇÄḥ - the brÄhmaṇas; prabhavaḥ - masters; daivam - deity; na - not; tebhyaḥ - than them; vidyate - exists; param - greater.
Lord Hari is the God of all gods, the master of all sacrifices, and the supreme ruler. But He accepts the saintly brÄhmaṇas as His masters, and so there exists no deity higher than them.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« points out that even though ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa is the supreme ruler of creation, He accepts the brÄhmaṇas as His masters; even though He is the God of all gods, the brÄhmaṇas are His deities; and even though He is the Lord of all sacrifices, He performs sacrifices to worship them.
