भ्राता मरुत्पतेर्मूर्तिर्माता साक्षात्क्षितेस्तनुः ॥२९॥
दयाया भगिनी मूर्तिर्धर्मस्यात्मातिथिः स्वयम् ।
अग्नेरभ्यागतो मूर्तिः सर्वभूतानि चात्मनः ॥३०॥
ÄcÄryo brahmaṇo mÅ«rtiḥ
pitÄ mÅ«rtiḥ prajÄpateḥ
bhrÄtÄ marutpater mÅ«rtir
mÄtÄ sÄká¹£Ät ká¹£ites tanuḥ
dayÄyÄ bhaginÄ« mÅ«rtir
dharmasyÄtmÄtithiḥ svayam
agner abhyÄgato mÅ«rtiḥ
sarva-bhÅ«tÄni cÄtmanaḥ
ÄcÄryaḥ - the teacher or spiritual master who instructs Vedic knowledge by his personal behavior; brahmaṇaḥ - of all the Vedas; mÅ«rtiḥ - the personification; pitÄ - the father; mÅ«rtiḥ - the personification; prajÄpateḥ - of Lord BrahmÄ; bhrÄtÄ - the brother; marut-pateḥ mÅ«rtiḥ - the personification of Indra; mÄtÄ - the mother; sÄká¹£Ät - directly; ká¹£iteḥ - of the earth; tanuḥ - the body; dayÄyÄḥ - of mercy; bhaginÄ« - the sister; mÅ«rtiḥ - the personification; dharmasya - of religious principles; Ätma - the self; atithiḥ - the guest; svayam - personally; agneḥ - of the fire-god; abhyÄgataḥ - the invited guest; mÅ«rtiḥ - the personification; sarva-bhÅ«tÄni - all living entities; ca - and; Ätmanaḥ - of the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu.
The ÄcÄrya, the spiritual master who teaches all the Vedic knowledge and gives initiation by offering the sacred thread, is the personification of all the Vedas. Similarly, a father personifies Lord BrahmÄ; a brother, King Indra; a mother, the planet earth; and a sister, mercy. A guest personifies religious principles, an invited guest personifies the demigod Agni, and all living entities personify Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
According to the moral instructions of CÄṇakya Paṇá¸ita, Ätmavat sarva-bhÅ«teá¹£u: one should observe all living entities to be on the same level as oneself. This means that no one should be neglected as inferior; because ParamÄtmÄ is seated in everyone’s body, everyone should be respected as a temple of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This verse describes the different ways in which one should respect a guru, a father, a brother, a sister, a guest and so on.
