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CC Antya 4.177



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).