Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 5, verse 18
A famous statement of equal vision: the wise see the same reality in every creature, from a learned person to an animal.
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विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥
vidyāvinayasaṃpanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini |śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ ||
The wise see with an equal eye a learned and humble brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and even an outcaste (shvapaka).
ज्ञानी लोग विद्या और विनय से भरे ब्राह्मण, गाय, हाथी, कुत्ते और श्वपाक (समाज से बाहर रखे गए व्यक्ति) को भी समान दृष्टि से देखते हैं।
ज्ञानी लोक विद्या आणि विनय यांनी संपन्न ब्राह्मण, गाय, हत्ती, कुत्रा आणि श्वपाक (समाजाबाहेर ठेवलेला माणूस) यांच्याकडेही समदृष्टीने पाहतात.
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विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः ।
With their understanding and their whole being fixed on That, devoted to That and holding That as the highest goal, their faults washed away by knowledge, they reach the state from which there is no return.
5.19इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः ।
Even in this life, those whose minds rest in this equal vision have overcome the cycle of birth. Brahman is flawless and the same in all, so they are established in Brahman.
The Yoga of Renunciation
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