SB 11.29.15
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 15
nareṣv abhīkṣṇaṁ mad-bhāvaṁ
puṁso bhāvayato 'cirāt
spardhāsūyā-tiraskārāḥ
sāhaṅkārā viyanti hi
SYNONYMS
nareṣu—in all persons; abhīkṣṇam—constantly; mat-bhāvam—the personal presence of Me; puṁsaḥ—of the person; bhāvayataḥ—who is meditating upon; acirāt—quickly; spardhā—the tendency to feel rivalry (against equals); asūyā—envy (of superiors); tiraskārāḥ—and abuse (of inferiors); sa—along with; ahaṅkārāḥ—false ego; viyanti—they disappear; hi—indeed.
TRANSLATION
For him who constantly meditates upon My presence within all persons, the bad tendencies of rivalry, envy and abusiveness, along with false ego, are very quickly destroyed.
PURPORT
We conditioned souls tend to feel rivalry toward our equals, envy toward our superior, and the desire to belittle our subordinates. These contaminated propensities, along with their very basis, false ego, can be quickly vanquished by meditating upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead within every living being.