Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 29: Explanation of Devotional Service by Lord Kapila

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.26

ātmanaś ca parasyāpi

yah karoty antarodaram

tasya bhinna-driśo mrityur

vidadhe bhayam ulbanam

SYNONYMS

ātmanah — of himself; ca — and; parasya — of another; api — also; yah — one who; karoti — discriminates; antarā — between; udaram — the body; tasya — of him; bhinna-driśah — having a differential outlook; mrityuhas death; vidadheI cause; bhayam — fear; ulbanam — great.

TRANSLATION

As the blazing fire of death, I cause great fear to whoever makes the least discrimination between himself and other living entities because of a differential outlook.

PURPORT

There are bodily differentiations among all varieties of living entities, but a devotee should not distinguish between one living entity and another on such a basis; a devotee's outlook should be that both the soul and Supersoul are equally present in all varieties of living entities.

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