nara-puṅgavaḥ

How it is translated

• best of men (1)
• one who lazily follows one’s lower nature (1)
• the king (1)
• kings of human society (1)
• the vile and vicious of humankind (1)

Every verse

1. 1.5धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्।dhṛiṣhṭaketuśhchekitānaḥ kāśhirājaśhcha vīryavānDhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Saibya—the best of men.Here: best of men
2. 7.15न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।na māṁ duṣhkṛitino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥThe evil-doers and the deluded, who are the lowest of men, do not seek Me; those whose knowledge is destroyed by illusion follow the ways of demons.Here: one who lazily follows one’s lower nature
3. 10.27उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्।uchchaiḥśhravasam aśhvānāṁ viddhi mām amṛitodbhavamKnow Me as Ucchaisravas, born of nectar, among horses; Airavata among lordly elephants; and the king among men.Here: the king
4. 11.28यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाःyathā nadīnāṁ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥVerily, just as many torrents of rivers flow towards the ocean, so too these heroes in the world of men enter Thy flaming mouths.Here: kings of human society
5. 16.19तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान्।tān ahaṁ dviṣhataḥ krūrān sansāreṣhu narādhamānThose cruel haters, the worst among men in the world, I hurl those evil-doers into the wombs of demons only.Here: the vile and vicious of humankind