CC Antya 4.177 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Antya-līlā - Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

Antya-līlā 4.176 - Antya-līlā 4.178

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 177

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne

brāhmaṇe gavi hastini

śuni caiva śvapāke 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 sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater.'

PURPORT

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