Translation
\nThe eighth creation is that of the lower species of life, and they are of different varieties, numbering twenty-eight. They are all extensively foolish and ignorant. They know their desirables by smell, but are unable to remember anything within the heart.<\/p>\n
Purport
\nIn the Vedas the symptoms of the lower animals are described as follows: athetare\u1e63\u0101\u1e41 pa\u015b\u016bn\u0101\u1e25 a\u015ban\u0101pip\u0101se ev\u0101bhivij\u00f1\u0101na\u1e41 na vij\u00f1\u0101ta\u1e41 vadanti na vij\u00f1\u0101ta\u1e41 pa\u015byanti na vidu\u1e25 \u015bvastana\u1e41 na lok\u0101lok\u0101v iti; yad v\u0101, bh\u016bri-tamaso bahu-ru\u1e63a\u1e25 ghr\u0101\u1e47enaiva j\u0101nanti h\u1e5bdya\u1e41 prati svapriya\u1e41 vastv eva vindanti bhojana-\u015bayan\u0101dy-artha\u1e41 g\u1e5bh\u1e47anti. \u201cLower animals have knowledge only of their hunger and thirst. They have no acquired knowledge, no vision. Their behavior exhibits no dependence on formalities. Extensively ignorant, they can know their desirables only by smell, and by such intelligence only can they understand what is favorable and unfavorable. Their knowledge is concerned only with eating and sleeping.\u201d Therefore, even the most ferocious lower animals, such as tigers, can be tamed simply by regularly supplying meals and accommodations for sleeping. Only snakes cannot be tamed by such an arrangement.<\/p>\n