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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


TEXT 177

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śuni caiva śva-pāke ca
paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ


SYNONYMS

vidyā—knowledge; vinaya—gentleness; sampanne—endowed with; brāhmaṇe—unto a brāhmaṇa; gavi—unto a cow; hastini—unto an elephant; śuni—unto a dog; ca—and; eva—also; śva-pāke—unto a dog-eater; ca—also; paṇḍitāḥ—those who are actually learned in spiritual understanding; sama-darśinaḥ—equipoised.


TRANSLATION

“‘The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater.’


PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 5.18).

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