विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिता: समदर्शिन:
vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ
Recitation · Text 5.18
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
The learned are described as seeing with equal vision a scholar endowed with humility, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and one who eats dogs — the last being the most excluded person in the verse's own social world. The point is not that differences vanish, but that they stop determining who is worth regarding.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:The point isn't that differences vanish — it's that they stop deciding who is worth regarding.