Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.29.15

nareshv abhīkshnam mad-bhāvam

pumso bhāvayato 'cirāt

spardhāsūyā-tiraskārāh

sāhańkārā viyanti hi

SYNONYMS

nareshu — in all persons; abhīkshnam — constantly; mat-bhāvam — the personal presence of Me; pumsah — of the person; bhāvayatah — who is meditating upon; acirāt — quickly; spardhā — the tendency to feel rivalry (against equals); asūyā — envy (of superiors); tiraskārāh — and abuse (of inferiors); sa — along with; ahańkārāh — 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.

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